From the University of California – San Diego press release: Early adult general cognitive ability (GCA) — the diverse set of skills involved in thinking, such as reasoning, memory and perception — is a stronger…
From the Elsevier press release: People with schizophrenia have a hard time integrating information about a reward — the size of the reward and the probability of receiving it — when assessing its value, according…
From the University of Pittsburgh press release: Positive interactions on social media are not making young adults feel more connected, whereas negative experiences increase the likelihood of them reporting loneliness, scientists with the University of…
From the University of Pittsburgh press release: Forty to 60 percent of all people treated for substance use disorders relapse, presenting a major challenge to treatment success. New research from the University of Pittsburgh School…
From the Massachusetts General Hospital press release: Brief, text-based, self-administered exercises can significantly increase in-the-moment happiness for adults recovering from substance use disorders, report researchers at the Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) Recovery Research Institute. The…
From the Massachusetts Institute of Technology press release: For many years, China has been struggling to tackle high pollution levels that are crippling its major cities. Indeed, a recent study by researchers at Chinese Hong…
From the McMaster University press release: A team of researchers from McMaster University has discovered a new technique to examine how musicians intuitively coordinate with one another during a performance, silently predicting how each will…
From the NIH/National Institute of Mental Health press release: A new study in rodents has shown that the brain’s cerebellum — known to play a role in motor coordination — also helps control the brain’s…
From the Ohio State University press release: Human beings can configure their faces in thousands and thousands of ways to convey emotion, but only 35 expressions actually get the job done across cultures, a new…
From the Carnegie Mellon University press release: If you’re angry about the political feud that drove the federal government to partially shut down, or about a golden parachute for a CEO who ran a business…