From the University of Copenhagen media release: The obesity epidemic has massive socio-economic consequences, and decades of health campaigns have not made significant headway. Researchers at the University of Copenhagen are therefore pursuing the development…
From the American Gastroenterological Association media release: Carbonation, an essential component of popular soft drinks, alters the brain’s perception of sweetness and makes it difficult for the brain to determine the difference between sugar and…
From the Dartmouth College media release: Philosophers and scientists have long puzzled over where human imagination comes from. In other words, what makes humans able to create art, invent tools, think scientifically and perform other…
From the University of California – Riverside media release: Two assistant professors of management at the University of California, Riverside and several other researchers have previously shown that men with wider faces are more aggressive,…
From the Penn State media release: How social media users create and monitor their online personas may hint at their feelings of self-esteem and self-determination, according to an international team of researchers. “The types of…
From the International Communication Association media release: Pornography has long held a controversial place in society, and its relationship with a number of behaviors and attitudes has been highly debated. But the concern remains: How…
From the University College London media release: The space surrounding the body (known by scientists as ‘peripersonal space’), which has previously been thought of as having a gradual boundary, has been given physical limits by…
From the University of Wisconsin-Madison media release: It is natural to imagine that the sense of sight takes in the world as it is — simply passing on what the eyes collect from light reflected…
From the Queen Mary, University of London media release: Certain types of video games can help to train the brain to become more agile and improve strategic thinking, according to scientists from Queen Mary University…
From the Association for Psychological Science media release: Sometimes it’s just not your day: First you can’t remember where you put your car keys, then you forget about an important meeting at work. On days…