From the McGill University press release via ScienceDaily: Our ability to learn and form new memories is fully dependent on the brain’s ability to be plastic — that is to change and adapt according to…
From the Brown University press release via HealthCanal: Why does training in mindfulness meditation help patients manage chronic pain and depression? In a newly published neurophysiological review, Brown University scientists propose that mindfulness practitioners gain…
From the University of Bergen press release via EurekAlert!: Two years ago, researcher Josef Bless was listening to music on his phone when he suddenly had an idea. “I noticed that the sounds of the…
From the University of Barcelona press release via AlphaGalileo: The journal PLOS ONE has recently published a study which provides new data around attention and visual perception. The article “A role of eye vergence in…
From the University of Michigan press release via ScienceDaily: Hunger, thirst, stress and drugs can create a change in the brain that transforms a repulsive feeling into a strong positive “wanting,” a new University of…
From the University of Iowa press release by John Riehl via ScienceDaily: When doctors at the University of Iowa prepared a patient to inhale a panic-inducing dose of carbon dioxide, she was fearless. But within…
From the Universidad de Navarra press release via HealthCanal: Researchers at the University of Navarra are carrying out a study the goal of which is to evaluate the consumption of omega 3 fatty acid-rich complementary…
From the University of Gothenburg press release via EurekAlert!: Individuals who drink excessively or are alcohol dependent (AD) have reduced central serotonergic neurotransmission, which can have an impact on planning, judgment, self-control, and emotional regulation.…
From the Public Library of Science press release via EurekAlert!: Reading text on digital devices like tablet computers requires less effort from older adults than reading on paper, according to research published February 6 in…
From the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine press release via Newswise: Researchers at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine say overexpression of a protein called alpha-synuclein appears to disrupt…