From the University of Bonn press release via EurekAlert!: “It was shown that Internet addiction is not a figment of our imagination,” says the lead author, Privatdozent Dr. Christian Montag from the Department for Differential…
From the Yale University press release by Bill Hathaway via MedicalXpress: By administering a simple behavioral test, Yale researchers were able to predict which mice would later exhibit alcoholism-related behaviors such as the inability to…
From the University of Luxemburg press release via HealthCanal: Living in poverty is often accompanied by conditions that can negatively influence cognitive development. Is it possible that being bilingual might counteract these effects? Although previous…
From the Weizmann Institute of Science press release via EurekAlert!: Is sleep learning possible? A new Weizmann Institute study appearing today in Nature Neuroscience has found that if certain odors are presented after tones during…
From the University of Hertfordshire press release via ScienceDaily: Women with Alzheimer’s show worse mental deterioration than men with the disease, even when at the same stage of the condition, according to researchers from the…
From the Cell Press press release via EurekAlert!: Politics and genetics have traditionally been considered non-overlapping fields, but over the past decade it has become clear that genes can influence political behavior, according to a…
From the Northwestern University press release via EurekAlert!: A little music training in childhood goes a long way in improving how the brain functions in adulthood when it comes to listening and the complex processing…
From the Caltech press release by Katie Neith via ScienceDaily: The frontal lobes are the largest part of the human brain, and thought to be the part that expanded most during human evolution. Damage to…
From the University of Southern California press release by Robert Perkins via ScienceDaily: Using bioluminescent proteins from a jellyfish, a team of scientists has lit up the inside of a neuron, capturing video footage that…
From the Lancaster University press release via AlphaGalileo: A simple eye tracking test could hold the key to earlier Alzheimer’s diagnosis, according to new research published today in the Journal of the American Aging Association.…