From the Iowa State University press release: Research over the past few decades has shown that viewing physical violence in the media can increase aggression in adults and children. But a new study, co-authored by…
From the UC Berkeley press release: Opening the door to the development of thought-controlled prosthetic devices to help people with spinal cord injuries, amputations and other impairments, neuroscientists at the University of California, Berkeley, and…
From the University of Gothenburg press release via AlphaGalileo: Given that almost 70% of young adults with Asperger syndrome have suffered from depression, it is vital that psychiatric care staff are aware of this so…
From the Washington University School of Medicine press release via EurekAlert!: A new marker of Alzheimer’s disease can predict how rapidly a patient’s memory and other mental abilities will decline after the disorder is diagnosed,…
From the Northumbria University press release via AlphaGalileo: People who smoke only at weekends cause as much damage to their memory as those who smoke on a daily basis, according to research from Northumbria University.…
From the RIKEN press release via ScienceDaily and ResearchSEA: Imaging data suggest that conscious perception has little to do with the primary visual cortex — the region where visual information enters the brain. From a…
From the University of Southern California press release: It takes two to tango. Two hemispheres of your brain, that is. USC researchers are working to pin down the exact source of creativity in the brain…
From the Association for Psychological Science press release: Our senses aren’t just delivering a strict view of what’s going on in the world; they’re affected by what’s going on in our heads. A new study…
From the Mayo Clinic press release via Newswise: Mitochondria — subunits inside cells that produce energy — have long been thought to play a role in Alzheimer’s disease. Now Mayo Clinic researchers using genetic mouse…
From the UT Dallas press release: Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and schizophrenia are distinct disorders with unique characteristics, but they share similarities in social dysfunction. For many years, this similarity resulted in confusion in diagnosis.…