From the UC Berkeley press release via MedicalXpress: New research by neuroscientists at UC Berkeley, suggests that the human brain is not detail-oriented, but opts for the big picture when it comes to hearing. Researchers…
From the University of Groningen press release via ScienceDaily: Most drivers enjoy listening to the radio or their favourite CD while driving. Many of them switch on the radio without thinking. But is this safe?…
From the UBC press release via MedicalXpress: A new study from the University of British Columbia helps explain how people become obsessed with forbidden pleasures. The study, which will appear in an upcoming edition of…
From the UCI press release by Sherri Cruz via MedicalXpress: University of California-Irvine neurobiologists have discovered a protein complex in neurons that is essential to long-term memory formation and is also corrupted in the brains…
From the University of Washington press release by Michelle Ma via EurekAlert!: Small electrodes placed on or inside the brain allow patients to interact with computers or control robotic limbs simply by thinking about how…
From the University of Oregon press release via EurekAlert!: A gene linked to autism spectrum disorders that was manipulated in two lines of transgenic mice produced mature adults with irreversible deficits affecting either learning or…
From the Washington University in St. Louis press release by Gerry Everding via ScienceDaily: For many older adults, the aging process seems to go hand-in-hand with an annoying increase in clumsiness — difficulties dialing a…
From the University of Chicago press release by William Harms via EurekAlert!: People who think they have perfect pitch may not be as in tune as they think, according to a new University of Chicago…
From the Elsevier press release via EurekAlert!: There is growing evidence that a gene variant that reduces the plasticity of the nervous system also modulates responses to treatments for mood and anxiety disorders. In this…
From the Journal of Visualized Experiments press release via MedicalXpress: Fear is one of the most primal feelings known to man and beast. As we develop in society and learn, fear is hard coded into…