From the Johns Hopkins University press release: Though writing by hand is increasingly being eclipsed by the ease of computers, a new study finds we shouldn’t be so quick to throw away the pencils and…
From the Oregon State University press release: Recess quality, not just the amount of time spent away from the classroom, plays a major role in whether children experience the full physical, mental and social-emotional benefits…
From the Indiana University School of Medicine press release: Feeling anxious about health, family or money is normal for most people — especially during the COVID-19 pandemic. But for those with anxiety disorders, these everyday…
From the Boston University School of Medicine press release: During neuropsychological assessments, participants complete tasks designed to study memory and thinking. Based on their performance, the participants receive a score that researchers use to evaluate…
From the NIH/National Institute of Mental Health press release: Researchers have found that eating disorder behaviors, such as binge-eating, alter the brain’s reward response process and food intake control circuitry, which can reinforce these behaviors.…
From the Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology press release: Directing a meeting, dialing up an old acquaintance, dictating the perfect tuna salad sandwich across a drive-through window. For business and for pleasure, human…
From the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology press release: Children learn a huge number of words in the early preschool years. A two-year-old might be able to say just a handful of words, while…
From the INSERM (Institut national de la santé et de la recherche médicale) press release: Astrocytes are cells in the brain which have long been considered only as mere support cells for neurons. In recent…
From the Brigham and Women’s Hospital press release: More than 80 percent of people around the world consider themselves to be religious or spiritual. But research on the neuroscience of spirituality and religiosity has been…
From the Carnegie Mellon University press release: Small children learn language at a pace far faster than teenagers or adults. One explanation for this learning advantage comes not from differences between children and adults, but…