From the Elsevier press release via EurekAlert!: Neuroeconomics experts and guest editors of the Biological Psychiatry special issue Carla Sharp, John Monterosso, and P. Read Montague in an introductory paper define neuroeconomics as “an interdisciplinary…
From the Nottingham University press release via EurekAlert!: A joint study carried out by The University of Nottingham and the multinational food company Unilever has found for the first time that fat in food can…
From the Max-Planck-Gesellschaft press release: Children quickly learn to avoid negative situations and seek positive ones. But humans are not the only species capable of remembering positive and negative events; even the small brain of…
From the American Academy of Neurology press release via EurekAlert!: Higher levels of a certain fat in the blood called ceramides may increase a person’s risk of developing Alzheimer’s disease, according to a study published…
From the University of Wisconsin-Madison press release via EurekAlert!: Metabolic syndrome, a term used to describe a combination of risk factors that often lead to heart disease and type 2 diabetes, seems to be linked…
From the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey press release via ScienceDaily: Researchers from the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey (UMDNJ), collaborating with scientists from Northwestern University in Illinois, have…
From the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine press release via EurekAlert!: While clinical trial results are being released regarding drugs intended to decrease amyloid production – thought to contribute to decline in Alzheimer’s disease…
From the Public Library of Science press release via EurekAlert!: Chimpanzees use weight to pick the best tool, and monkeys beg more when they’re paid attention to, as reported in two independent research reports published…
From the Mayo Clinic press release via ScienceDaily: Activity lingers longer in certain areas of the brain in those with Alzheimer’s than it does in healthy people, Mayo Clinic researchers who created a map of…
From the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) press release: Far from processing every word we read or hear, our brains often do not even notice key words that can change the whole meaning of…