From the Tohoku University press release: Contagious yawning is a universal phenomenon, but why it happens remains a mystery. A new study out of Tohoku University suggests that contrary to common belief that the yawning…
From the SINC press release: While unconscious during deep sleep, millions of neurons’ activity travels across the cerebral cortex. This phenomenon, known as slow waves, is related to the consolidation of memory. The European project called…
From the Michigan State University press release: Sleep may influence an eyewitness’s ability to correctly pick a guilty person out of a police lineup, indicates a study by Michigan State University researchers. Published in PLOS ONE, the…
From the University of Tsukuba press release: Everyone empirically knows that stressful events certainly affect sound sleep. Scientists in the Japanese sleep institute found that the active component rich in sugarcane and other natural products may…
From the European College of Neuropsychopharmacology press release: For the first time, scientists have precisely identified and targeted an area of the brain which is involved in “hearing voices,” experienced by many patients with schizophrenia. They…
From the Harvard Medical School press release: Scientists have long deemed the ability to recognize faces innate for people and other primates — something our brains just know how to do immediately from birth. However, the…
From the University of Notre Dame press release: Though we are taught from an early age not to judge others, we can use our perceptions of others to work toward positive outcomes, both socially and professionally,…
From the Zuckerman Institute at Columbia University press release: A team of Columbia scientists has found that disruptions to the brain’s center for spatial navigation — its internal GPS — result in some of the…
From the European College of Neuropsychopharmacology press release: Scientists have found that brain functions in young men and women are changed by long-term alcohol use, but that these changes are significantly different in men and women.…
From the University of British Columbia press release: Mannequins’ long legs, tiny waistlines and perfect busts can sour some shoppers on the products they’re wearing, especially consumers who don’t like the look of their own bodies.…