From the Boston University Medical Center press release: Although much research has examined traumatic brain injury (TBI) as a possible risk factor for later life dementia from neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimer’s disease (AD), little is…
From the Brigham Young University press release: On an average day, 1.28 billion people check it. Monthly? Nearly 2 billion. And according to one recent estimate, the average Facebook user spends 35 minutes a day on…
From the University of Michigan press release: Watching television sometimes gets a bad rap — especially where children and screen time are concerned — but not all of it’s deserved. A recent University of Michigan study…
From the University of British Columbia press release: Social and emotional learning programs for youth not only immediately improve mental health, social skills, and learning outcomes but also continue to benefit children years later, according…
From the University of Chicago Medical Center press release: Neuroscientists from the University of Chicago argue that research on how memories form in the brain should consider activity of groups of brain cells working together, not…
From the Missouri University of Science and Technology press release: A researcher at Missouri University of Science and Technology wants to scrap the traditional electronic and paper survey approaches to gathering marketing and information systems data…
From the Washington University in St. Louis press release: A good night’s sleep refreshes body and mind, but a poor night’s sleep can do just the opposite. A study from Washington University School of Medicine in…
From the Massachusetts Institute of Technology press release: What is the best way to help poor schoolchildren succeed at math? A study co-authored by researchers at MIT, Harvard University, and New York University now sheds light…
From the University of Montreal press release: Going from an occasional user of marijuana to a weekly or daily user increases an adolescent’s risk of having recurrent psychotic-like experiences by 159%, according to a new Canadian…
From the University of California – Davis press release: Being able to assess our own memories helps us to avoid errors and prompts us to collect more information to fill the gaps. Psychologists know that this…