From the Tufts University media release: Learning by taking practice tests, a strategy known as retrieval practice, can protect memory against the negative effects of stress, report scientists from Tufts University in a new study published…
From the PLOS media release: Groups of brain regions that synchronize their activity during memory tasks become smaller and more numerous as people age, according to a study published in PLOS Computational Biology. Typically, research on brain…
From the Children’s Hospital Los Angeles Saban Research Institute media release: Researchers at Children’s Hospital Los Angeles (CHLA) have conducted the first study of its kind, using proton magnetic resonance spectroscopy (MRS) to look at brain regions…
From the Stanford University media release: When it comes to evaluating information that flows across social channels or pops up in a Google search, young and otherwise digital-savvy students can easily be duped, finds a new…
From the Medical College of Georgia at Augusta University media release: Our brains have a basic algorithm that enables us to not just recognize a traditional Thanksgiving meal, but the intelligence to ponder the broader implications…
From the University of Eastern Finland media release: Approximately seven per cent of persons with Alzheimer’s disease use strong pain medicines, opioids, for non-cancer pain for a period longer than six months, according to a recent study…
From the Cornell University media release: Social scientists have long studied the relationship between a person’s height and their success in life. Taller people, studies purport, tend to be better educated, earn more money, and have higher…
From the Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center media release: Philosophers have long struggled to define human consciousness. Now, a eam of researchers led by neurologists at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (BIDMC) has pinpointed the regions of…
From the PLOS media release: Succeeding in the male-dominated science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) disciplines can be very challenging for female faculty. Now, a Northwestern University study of the collaboration patterns of STEM faculty publishing 4…
From the University of Pennsylvania media release: Imagine you’re a CEO trying to get your employees to mg{exercise}. Most health incentive programs have an array of tools — pamphlets, websites, pedometers, coaching, team activities, step…