From the press release via ScienceDaily: Children with autism see simple movement twice as quickly as other children their age, and this hypersensitivity to motion may provide clues to a fundamental cause of the developmental…
From the PLoS press release via ScienceDaily: A laugh may signal mockery, humor, joy or simply be a response to tickling, but each kind of laughter conveys a wealth of auditory and social information. These…
From the Yale University press release via EurekAlert!: Alcohol treatment interventions work best when patients understand and are actively involved in the process. A first-of-its-kind study looks at the interactive effects of smoking status and…
From the University College London press release via EurekAlert!: Different brain areas are activated when we choose to suppress an emotion, compared to when we are instructed to inhibit an emotion, according a new study…
From the PLOS press release via ScienceDaily: Cone receptors in the human eye lose their color sensitivity with age, but our subjective experience of color remains largely unchanged over the years. This ability to compensate…
From the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania press release via ScienceDaily: Researchers from the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania have shown that an area of the brain…
From the Association for Psychological Science press release: Some memory problems common to older adults may stem from an inability to segment daily life into discrete experiences, according to a new study published in Psychological…
From the UCLA press release by Alison Heather via ScienceDaily: When the brain’s primary “learning center” is damaged, complex new neural circuits arise to compensate for the lost function, say life scientists from UCLA and…
From the Indiana University press release via ScienceDaily: A team of American and Italian neuroscientists has identified a cellular change in the brain that accompanies obesity. The findings could explain the body’s tendency to maintain…
From the UC Berkeley press release via EurekAlert!: Whether we’re listening to Bach or the blues, our brains are wired to make music-color connections depending on how the melodies make us feel, according to new…