From the University of Waterloo press release: Anxiety can help people to remember things, a study from the University of Waterloo has found. The study of 80 undergraduate students found that manageable levels of anxiety…
From the Colorado State University press release: Most people can relate to the prickly, unsettling experience of déjà vu: When you’re in a new situation, but you feel like you’ve been there before. For some,…
From the Baycrest Centre for Geriatric Care press release: What happens when the information you try to remember becomes too much for the brain? Apparently we turn to our eyes for help, suggests a recently…
From the University of Colorado at Boulder press release: Reach for the hand of a loved one in pain and not only will your breathing and heart rate synchronize with theirs, your brain wave patterns…
From the Bar-Ilan University press release: Sweaty palms, a racing heart, a faltering voice. Many people find public speaking unpleasant. The mere anticipation of social evaluation increases the activity of almost all body systems related…
From the New York University press release: The “loudness” of our thoughts — or how we imagine saying something — influences how we judge the loudness of real, external sounds, a team of researchers from…
From the Northwestern University press release: Three-month-old babies cannot sit up or roll over, yet they are already capable of learning patterns from simply looking at the world around them, according to a recent Northwestern…
From the Michigan State University press release: Does life really begin at 40? Is 50 the new 30? For people in these age groups, the answer appears to be yes. But for young adults in…
From the University of Tampere press release: In a new study from the University of Tampere in Finland, nasally administered oxytocin spray strengthened brain responses to pictures of infant and adult faces in mothers of…
From the University of California – Los Angeles press release: Primary schoolchildren who have been raised in homes surrounded by more greenspace tend to present with larger volumes of white and grey matter in certain…