From the MIT press release by Anne Trafton via EurekAlert!: By activating a brain circuit that controls compulsive behavior, MIT neuroscientists have shown that they can block a compulsive behavior in mice — a result…
From the Temple University press release via HealthCanal: A chemical hormone released in the body as a reaction to stress could be a key trigger of the mechanism for the late onset of Alzheimer’s disease,…
From the University of Southern California press release via EurekAlert!: A new study finds that stroke patients’ brains show strong cortical motor activity when observing others performing physical tasks – a finding that offers new…
From the Linköping University press release via ScienceDaily: A study that was presented in Nature last year attracted a great deal of attention when it asserted that intuition promotes cooperation. But a group of researchers…
From the University of New Hampshire press release via EurekAlert!: Fights between siblings – from toy-snatching to clandestine whacks to being banished from the bedroom – are so common they’re often dismissed as simply part…
From the University of Kent press release via HealthCanal: New published research from psychologists at the universities of Kent and Witten/Herdecke has shown that mindfulness meditation has the ability to temporarily alter practitioners’ perceptions of…
From the Rotman School of Management press release via EurekAlert!: If policy-makers want to do something about falling birth rates, they may want to take a look at improving how people are treated at work…
From the Public Library of Science press release via ScienceDaily: The act of describing a feeling such as anger may have a significant impact on the body’s physiological response to the situation that elicits the…
From the Newcastle University press release via MedicalXpress: The sound of small children chattering has always been considered cute – but not particularly sophisticated. However, research by a Newcastle University expert has shown their speech…
From the Endocrine Society press release via EurekAlert!: Postmenopausal women had better improvement in verbal learning and memory after receiving treatment with testosterone gel, compared with women who received sham treatment with a placebo, a…