From the Baylor press release via EurekAlert!: An acute dose of alcohol may cause greater impairment in coordination, learning and memory in the elderly than in young people, according to a study by Baylor University.…
From the Indiana University press release via HealthCanal: “If you can make women feel powerful, then maybe you can protect them from the consequences of stereotype threat,” IU social psychologist Katie Van Loo said. In…
From the Northwestern University press release via EurekAlert!: Why do some memories last a lifetime while others disappear quickly? A new study suggests that memories rehearsed, during either sleep or waking, can have an impact…
From the George Mason University press release by Tara Laskowski via ScienceDaily: Practicing a little Zen before class can lead to better grades, according to a new experimental study by George Mason University professor Robert…
From the Stanford University School of Medicine press release via MedicalXpress: Do the brains of different people listening to the same piece of music actually respond in the same way? An imaging study by Stanford…
From the Baycrest Centre for Geriatric Care press release via EurekAlert!: Non-musicians who speak tonal languages may have a better ear for learning musical notes, according to Canadian researchers. Tonal languages, found mainly in Asia,…
From the University of North Carolina School of Medicine press release via ScienceDaily: A study from the University of North Carolina School of Medicine offers new insights into how the nervous system processes hot and…
From the Virginia Tech press release via AlphaGalileo: Researchers discovered that healthy people and those with borderline personality disorder displayed different patterns of behavior while playing an online strategy game, so much so that when…
From the Cell Press press release via EurekAlert!: When a child with autism copies the actions of an adult, he or she is likely to omit anything “silly” about what they’ve just seen. In contrast,…
From the University of Sydney press release via HealthCanal: People often think that other people are staring at them even when they aren’t research led by the University of Sydney has found. When in doubt,…