From the University of Wisconsin-Madison press release: Playing a video game that rewards participants for holding various “ninja” poses could help children and youth with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) improve their balance, according to a…
From the Kumamoto University press release: A Japanese research group has revealed that elderly people with mild cognitive impairment (MCI) have a particularly weakened ability to memorize human faces in the short term when compared…
From the BMJ press release: Different types of alcohol elicit different emotional responses, but spirits are most frequently associated with feelings of aggression, suggests research published in the online journal BMJ Open. To explore the potential…
From the Wiley press release: Media reports have depicted vaginal birth as harmful and cesarean delivery as protective of sexuality, but research does not support these depictions. In a recent survey published in Birth, 16%-48% of…
From the Duke University press release: The meaning behind infants’ screeches, squeals and wails may frustrate and confound sleep-deprived new parents. But at an age when babies cannot yet speak to us in words, they…
From the National Research University Higher School of Economics press release: In many countries, human empowerment – including freedom of expression and action – tends to increase people’s generalised trust in other people, particularly strangers.…
From the University of Edinburgh press release: Insights into how a key chemical disrupts brain cells in a common type of dementia have been revealed by scientists. Brain tissue from people with Dementia with Lewy…
From the Wiley press release: Investigators have found a link between the amount of time between pregnancies and Autism Spectrum Disorder in children. The findings are published in Autism Research. Autism Spectrum Disorder was increased in…
From the University of Sydney press release: It’s not just our eyes that play tricks on us, but our ears. That’s the finding of a landmark Australian-Italian collaboration that provides new evidence that oscillations, or…
From the Society for Neuroscience press release: Drug addiction may not require a habitual relationship with a substance, suggests findings from a new model of cocaine administration in rats that better captures the human experience…