From the University of Exeter press release: People borrowing money for the first time should only be given small amounts until they have proved their competence, a new study says. The paper argues that new…
From the University of California – Los Angeles Health Sciences press release: UCLA scientists and colleagues found the use of long-acting antipsychotic medication combined with the use of cognitive training in group settings led to…
From the Lancaster University press release: How people work out the meanings of new words has been revealed by Lancaster University researchers, who say this is similar to the way in which young children learn…
From the University of North Carolina Health Care press release: Strong emotions such as fear and anxiety tend to be accompanied and reinforced by measurable bodily changes including increased blood pressure, heart rate and respiration,…
From the Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne press release: We all react to stress in different ways. A sudden loud noise or flash of light can elicit different degrees of response from people, which indicates…
From the University College London press release: People who are dogmatic about their views seek less information and make less accurate judgements as a result, even on simple matters unrelated to politics, according to a…
From the University of Rochester Medical Center press release: While the broad architecture and organization of the human brain is universal, new research shows how the differences between how people reimagine common scenarios can be…
From the University of Edinburgh press release: Infants’ brains may be shaped by levels of stress their mother experiences during pregnancy, a study has revealed. Stress levels in mothers — measured by a hormone linked…
From the Ruhr-University Bochum press release: Contrary to previous assumptions, visual short-term memory is not merely based on one kind of information about an object, such as only its colour or only its name. Rather,…
From the Baylor College of Medicine press release: A team led by researchers at Baylor College of Medicine and Rice University has developed artificial intelligence (AI) models that help them better understand the brain computations…