From the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign press release: Healthy college students who have a relatively small inferior frontal cortex — a brain region behind the temples that helps regulate thoughts and emotions — are more…
From the Missouri University of Science and Technology press release: “Stop playing that stupid video game and get a job.” It’s a sentiment expressed by generations of parents since Pong began invading unsuspecting households in…
From the Princeton University, Engineering School press release: In debates over the future of artificial intelligence, many experts think of the new systems as coldly logical and objectively rational. But in a new study, researchers…
From the National Communication Association press release: Expressing gratitude has become trendy; these days, you can easily find a stock of gratitude journals and notebooks at your local stationery store or bookseller, or search for…
From the Springer press release: Why do some men crack sexist and anti-gay jokes or find them funny, while others do not? According to Emma O’Connor of the Western Carolina University in the US, such…
From the Hiroshima University press release: Over recent decades, our understanding of hunger has greatly increased, but this new discovery turns things on their head. Up until now, scientists knew that leptin — a hormone…
From the University of Illinois at Chicago press release: A lack of sleep makes everything harder. Focusing, finishing assignments, and coping with everyday stress can become monumental tasks. People with anxiety and depression often have sleep…
From the Kyoto University press release: You’ve been losing all night, and now another bad hand. So why raise? Gambling addiction is a mental disorder characterized by excessive risk-taking despite negative results. Scientific studies using…
From the BioMed Central press release: When trying to pick the most flattering pictures for online profiles, it may be best to let a stranger do the choosing, a study published in the open access…
From the JCI Journals press release: Genetic studies have linked a number of risk genes to autism spectrum disorder (ASD). Although the complex genetics underlying ASD likely involve interactions between many genes, some risk genes…