From the Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo press release: People who begin using cocaine during adolescence display more significant cognitive deficits than people who begin using the drug in adulthood. That…
From the Max-Planck-Gesellschaft press release: A study conducted at the Max Planck Institute for Human Development has investigated the relationship between the availability of nature near city dwellers’ homes and their brain health. Its findings are…
From the Rice University press release: A new study by Rice University researchers takes a step toward what they see as key to the advance of neuroscience: a better understanding of the relationship between the brain’s…
From the University of Southern California press release: Some 40 years since CT scans first revealed abnormalities in the brains of schizophrenia patients, international scientists say the disorder is a systemic disruption to the brain’s entire…
From the University at Buffalo press release: Having a parent with an alcohol use disorder increases the risk for dating violence among teenagers, according to a study from the University at Buffalo Research Institute on Addictions.…
From the Norwegian University of Science and Technology press release: Infidelity is very common. At least 20 per cent of couples – and perhaps many more, depending on where you set the limit – are…
From the Brigham Young University press release: Ever tried to sell something you’ve owned for a while on Craigslist and found that no one is willing to pony up what you’re asking? It’s because you’re asking…
From the Cell Press press release: When talking with their young infants, parents instinctively use “baby talk,” a unique form of speech including exaggerated pitch contours and short, repetitive phrases. Now, researchers reporting in Current Biology on…
From the University of Iowa Health Care press release: Researchers aiming to understand why autism spectrum disorders (ASD) are more common in boys have discovered differences in a brain signaling pathway involved in reward learning and…
From the Goethe-Universität Frankfurt am Main press release: Learning and memory are two important functions of the brain that are based on the brain’s plasticity. Scientists from Goethe University Frankfurt report in the latest issue of…