From the Brown University press release: A new study describes a key mechanism in the brain that allows animals to recognize and react when subtle sensory signals that might not seem important on their own…
From the Association for Psychological Science press release: Sex plays a central role in reproduction, and it can be pleasurable, but new findings suggest that it may serve an additional purpose: bonding partners together. A study…
From the Thomas Jefferson University press release: More Americans than ever are turning to spiritual, meditative and religious retreats as a way to reset their daily life and enhance wellbeing. Now, researchers at The Marcus…
From the Johns Hopkins Medicine press release: In a small-scale study of women with previously diagnosed mood disorders, Johns Hopkins researchers report that lower levels of the hormone allopregnanolone in the second trimester of pregnancy…
From the Rockefeller University press release: Since the first case was documented in the United States in 1938, the causes of autism have remained elusive. Hundreds of genes, as well as environmental exposures, have been…
From the San Francisco State University press release: Researchers at San Francisco State University have developed a tool that for the first time can measure the extent to which instructors use innovative teaching methods by…
From the University of Waterloo press release: Giving people time to think about cooperating on a task can have a positive effect if they are big-picture thinkers, but if they tend to focus on their…
From the University of Maryland School of Medicine press release: Researchers have identified a new mechanism by which inflammation can spread throughout the brain after injury. This mechanism may explain the widespread and long-lasting inflammation that…
From the American Friends of Tel Aviv University press release: A new Tel Aviv University study published in Child Development finds that the disruptive behavior of an individual child does not encourage similar behavior in their…
From the UT Austin press release: Up to 20 percent of U.S. veterans who served in Iraq and Afghanistan developed symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder from trauma experienced during wartime, but new neuroscience research from…