From the Cell Press media release: There are some smells we all find revolting. But toward a handful of odors, different people display different sensitivities — some can smell them, while some can’t, or some…
From the Society for the Study of Ingestive Behavior media release: Research to be presented at the Annual Meeting of the Society for the Study of Ingestive Behavior (SSIB), the foremost society for research into…
From the University of Colorado at Boulder media release: Spending just one week exposed only to natural light while camping in the Rocky Mountains was enough to synch the circadian clocks of eight people participating…
From the St. Michael’s Hospital media release: A Toronto man is only the second known person to have acquired synesthesia as a result of a brain injury, in this case a stroke. About nine months…
From the British Psychological Society media release: Our possessions have an extensive and surprising impact on our identities and lives, but they may become less important to us as more and more of our lives takes…
From the Florida State University media release: A new Florida State University study has found that adolescent boys who are hurt in just two physical fights suffer a loss in IQ that is roughly equivalent…
From the American Academy of Neurology media release: Anemia, or low levels of red blood cells, may increase the risk of dementia, according to a study published in the July 31, 2013, online issue of…
From the JAMA Network Journals media release (with additional JAMA editorial at end): Breastfeeding longer is associated with better receptive language at 3 years of age and verbal and nonverbal intelligence at age 7 years,…
From the Ruhr-University Bochum media release: Whenever we have to acquire new knowledge under stress, the brain deploys unconscious rather than conscious learning processes. Neuroscientists at the Ruhr-Universität Bochum have discovered that this switch from…
From the University of Maryland media release: New research out of the University of Maryland School of Public Health shows that exercise may improve cognitive function in those at risk for Alzheimer’s by improving the…