From the McGill University press release: This holiday season will be a lonely one for many people as social distancing due to COVID-19 continues, and it is important to understand how isolation affects our health.…
From the University of California – Los Angeles Health Sciences press release: As COVID cases rise, physically distancing yourself from other people has never been more important. Now a new UCLA study reveals how your…
From the Massachusetts Institute of Technology press release: When we experience a new event, our brain records a memory of not only what happened, but also the context, including the time and location of the…
From the University of Basel press release: Writing, driving a screw or throwing darts are only some of the activities that demand a high level of skill. How the brain masters such exquisite movements has…
From the York University press release: What feels like up may actually be some other direction depending on how our brains process our orientation, according to psychology researchers at York University’s Faculty of Health. In…
From the Ruhr-University Bochum press release: The human perception of pain can vary greatly depending on the situation. So it is possible that the same pain stimulus feels more or less painful under different conditions.…
From the Lehigh University press release: For the first time, researchers have provided physiological evidence that a pervasive neuromodulation system — a group of neurons that regulate the functioning of more specialized neurons — strongly…
From the Universidad Carlos III de Madrid press release: Adapting a traditional endless runner video game and using a raccoon as the protagonist, researchers from the Universidad Carlos III de Madrid (UC3M) and the Complutense…
From the University of Turku press release: Researchers at the University of Turku have discovered what type of neural mechanisms are the basis for emotional responses to music. Altogether 102 research subjects listened to music…
From the University of Ottawa press release: The famous patient Henry Molaison (long known as H.M.) suffered damage to his hippocampus after a surgical attempt to cure his epilepsy. As a result, he had anterograde…