From the Cell Press press release: Fake news is everywhere, but why we believe it is still unclear. Drawing on neuroeconomics research in an Opinion published February 20th in the journal Trends in Cognitive Sciences, psychologists…
From the Society for Neuroscience press release: Young adults with thinner cortex in particular brain regions are more impulsive during a decision-making task than teens with thicker cortex, according to a large correlational study of…
From the Brigham Young University press release: Madonna may have loved living in a material world as a material girl, but a recent study shows that married couples should avoid living according to this ’80s…
From the Springer press release: Researchers have used magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scans that measure blood flow in the brain to better understand why people often become aggressive and violent after drinking alcohol. After only…
From the University of Warwick press release: People who were bullied by siblings during childhood are up to three times more likely to develop psychotic disorders such as schizophrenia in early adulthood, according to new…
From the Wake Forest University press release: When we feel supported, we feel less stress. But sometimes we think we are being supportive of a romantic partner and we’re not. Who hasn’t experienced the self-satisfaction…
From the Massachusetts Institute of Technology press release: Our daily lives include hundreds of routine habits. Brushing our teeth, driving to work, or putting away the dishes are just a few of the tasks that…
From the City University London press release: New research from City University of London, University of Oxford and Yale University has shown that we see our own lives, and also those we care about, through…
From the Elsevier press release: A new study published in Biological Psychiatry: Cognitive Neuroscience and Neuroimaging reports that processing of negative emotion can be strengthened or weakened by tuning the excitability of the right frontal part of…
From the Michigan State University press release: Spending too much time in dimly lit rooms and offices may actually change the brain’s structure and hurt one’s ability to remember and learn, indicates groundbreaking research by…