From the Michigan State University press release via MedicalXpress: Short interruptions – such as the few seconds it takes to silence that buzzing smartphone – have a surprisingly large effect on one’s ability to accurately…
From the University of Notre Dame press release via EurekAlert!: Social practices and cultural beliefs of modern life are preventing healthy brain and emotional development in children, according to an interdisciplinary body of research presented…
From the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine press release via EurekAlert!: While approximately one in five Parkinson’s disease patients experience impulse control disorder symptoms, the disease itself does not increase the risk of gambling,…
From the University of Oregon press release via EurekAlert!: The ability to focus and switch tasks readily amid distractions was compromised for up to two months following brain concussions suffered by high school athletes, according…
From the Alzheimer Research Forum media release: Planning to cover dementia research this year? Before the 12 Days of Christmas are over, bone up on the most compelling research trends of 2012 by reading Alzforum’s…
From the USF Research News media release: Researchers from the University of South Florida and colleagues at the James A. Haley Veterans’ Hospital studying the long-term consequences of traumatic brain injury (TBI) using rat models,…
From the University of Rochester Medical Center media release: The memory problems that many women experience in their 40s and 50s as they approach and go through menopause are both real and appear to be…
Spontaneous eyeblinks may be actively involved in a release of attention during cognitive behavior, potentially explaining why people generate eyeblinks far more often than necessary to lubricate the eyes, according to a study. It remains…
From the McLean Hospital press release via ScienceDaily: The long-term use of anabolic-androgenic steroids (AAS) may severely impact the user’s ability to accurately recall the shapes and spatial relationships of objects, according to a recent…
From the UC Berkeley press release: Our eyes may be our window to the world, but how do we make sense of the thousands of images that flood our retinas each day? Scientists at the…