From the University of Pennsylvania media release: Sleep is a critical period for memory consolidation, and most people don’t get enough. Research has shown that even brief periods of sleep deprivation can lead to deficits…
From the Ruhr University Bochum media release: Retrieving memory content under stress does not work very well. However, stress can be helpful when it comes to saving new information — especially those that are emotionally…
From the American Heart Association media release: Children whose parents spend a lot of time sitting in front of a computer or other screen are more likely than other children to have excessive screen-time habits,…
From the BMJ–British Medical Journal media release: The authors say their findings are applicable to law enforcement work outside the US and support the view that stressful work related activities can “trigger” sudden cardiac death.…
From the Cell Press media release: As we age, we have an increasingly harder time ignoring distractions. But new research online November 20 in the Cell Press journal Neuron reveals that by learning to make…
From the University of Colorado at Boulder media release: Pregnant women with histories of major depression are at high risk of becoming depressed again in the months before and after their babies are born. A…
From the Michigan State University media release: Older couples in a bad marriage — particularly female spouses — have a higher risk for heart disease than those in a good marriage, finds the first nationally…
From the American Academy of Neurology media release: People whose jobs require more complex work with other people, such as social workers and lawyers, or with data, like architects or graphic designers, may end up…
From the Association for Psychological Science media release: Being in a position of power can fundamentally change the way you speak, altering basic acoustic properties of the voice, and other people are able to pick…
From the American Heart Association media release: In a recent study of approximately 1,000 healthy men, those who consumed the most trans fats showed notably worse performance on a word memory test. The strength of…