From the Carnegie Mellon University press release via EurekAlert!: When grabbing a coffee mug out of a cluttered cabinet or choosing a pen to quickly sign a document, what brain processes guide your choices? New…
From the Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg press release via AlphaGalileo: A team of researchers led by the psychologists and neuroscientists Prof. Markus Heinrichs and Dr. Bernadette von Dawans at the University of Freiburg, Germany, examined in a…
From the University of Montreal press release via EurekAlert!: Fat Bastard’s revelation “I eat because I’m depressed and I’m depressed because I eat” in the Austin Powers film series may be explained by sophisticated neuroscience…
From the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine press release via MedicalXpress: New nerve cells formed in a select part of the brain could hold considerable sway over how much you eat and consequently weigh,…
From the BioMed Central press release via EurekAlert!: Pathological aging (PA) is used to describe the brains of people which have Alzheimer’s disease (AD)-like pathology but where the person showed no signs of cognitive impairment…
From the University of Exeter press release via ScienceDaily: Our ‘gut feelings’ influence our decisions, overriding ‘rational’ thought, when we are faced with financial offers that we deem to be unfair, according to a new…
From the University of Wisconsin-Madison press release via Newswise: Two years ago, at a meeting on science and education, Richard Davidson challenged video game manufacturers to develop games that emphasize kindness and compassion instead of…
From the Boston University Medical Center press release via EurekAlert!: Alzheimer’s disease (AD) and other types of dementia are most common in the very elderly, and are associated with huge health costs. With a rapidly…
From the Universität Basel press release via AlphaGalileo: Experiencing distressing memories of a shocking experience characterizes posttraumatic stress disorder. Scientists from the University of Basel have now discovered that a genetic factor for good memory…
From the Dartmouth College press release via EurekAlert!: Exercise clears the mind. It gets the blood pumping and more oxygen is delivered to the brain. This is familiar territory, but Dartmouth’s David Bucci thinks there…