From the American Gastroenterological Association media release: Carbonation, an essential component of popular soft drinks, alters the brain’s perception of sweetness and makes it difficult for the brain to determine the difference between sugar and…
From the University of Oregon media release: Addiction to smoking and other substances involves a particular set of brain areas related to self-control, according to numerous research. For a new study, researchers wondered if a…
From the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) media release: A small pilot study shows for the first time that changes in diet, exercise, stress management and social support may result in longer telomeres, the…
From the Dartmouth College media release: Philosophers and scientists have long puzzled over where human imagination comes from. In other words, what makes humans able to create art, invent tools, think scientifically and perform other…
From the Loyola University Health System media release: Partner yoga may help couples who are struggling with sexual dysfunction, according to sexual wellness experts at Loyola University Health System (LUHS). This form of yoga uses…
From the University of California – Riverside media release: Two assistant professors of management at the University of California, Riverside and several other researchers have previously shown that men with wider faces are more aggressive,…
From the Rotman School of Management media release: If achieving a work/life balance wasn’t hard enough, researchers say many of us are juggling a third factor: school. That creates conflicts, say Bonnie Cheng, a PhD…
From the University of Oxford media release: An Oxford University study has shown that a representative sample of UK schoolchildren aged seven to nine years had low levels of key Omega-3 fatty acids in their…
From the University of Oxford media release: A genetic study has identified a biological process that influences whether we are right handed or left handed. Scientists at the Universities of Oxford, St Andrews, Bristol and…
From the Penn State media release: How social media users create and monitor their online personas may hint at their feelings of self-esteem and self-determination, according to an international team of researchers. “The types of…