From the Wellcome Trust press release via EurekAlert!: Wellcome Trust researchers have discovered how the brain assesses confidence in its decisions. The findings explain why some people have better insight into their choices than others.…
From the UC San Diego Health Sciences press release via ScienceDaily: Researchers at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine and the VA San Diego Healthcare System have found that deficiencies in the…
From the University of Bristol press release via ScienceDaily: Everyone knows that men and women tend to hold different views on certain things. However, new research by scientists from the University of Bristol and published…
From the American Epilepsy Society (AES) press release via Newswise: A study reported here at the 66th American Epilepsy Society Annual Meeting has identified a significant difference in the brain response to stress in patients…
From the Michigan State University press release via ScienceDaily: A doctor-patient relationship built on trust and empathy doesn’t just put patients at ease — it actually changes the brain’s response to stress and increases pain…
From the American Epilepsy Society (AES) press release via ScienceDaily: A behavioral test widely used on rodents to study spatial learning and memory, the Morris water maze (MWM), was recreated using software developed to create…
From the UCLA press release by Laura Perry via ScienceDaily: Women suffering from sleep apnea have, on the whole, a higher degree of brain damage than men with the disorder, according to a first-of-its-kind study…
From the UCLA press release via EurekAlert!: Why are older people especially vulnerable to becoming victims of fraud? A new UCLA study indicates that an important clue may lie in a particular region of the…
From the King’s College London press release via EurekAlert!: New research helps explain why some teenagers are more prone to drinking alcohol than others. The study, led by King’s College London’s Institute of Psychiatry (IoP)…
From the UBC press release: A scientist at the University of British Columbia and Vancouver Coastal Health has identified the molecule that controls a scissor-like protein responsible for the production of plaques – the telltale…