From the Ruhr-University Bochum press release: Starting university is an exciting phase for everyone. However, children from academic households exhibit significantly more stress during this period than those from non-academic families. A Swiss-German research team…
From the Aalto University press release: Humans can effortlessly recognize and react to natural sounds and are especially tuned to speech. There have been several studies aimed to localize and understand the speech-specific parts of…
From the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign press release: When work intrudes after hours in the form of pings and buzzes from smartphone alerts, it can cause spikes of stress that lead to a host…
From the California Institute of Technology press release: Most of us know that feeling of trying to retrieve a memory that does not come right away. You might be watching a romantic comedy featuring that…
From the Boston University School of Medicine press release: Scientists have long believed that a single traumatic brain injury (TBI) earlier in life may contribute to problems with memory, thinking and depression later in life.…
From the University of Michigan press release: You’re standing in the store’s check-out line, and the customer behind you viciously coughs. Is that person sick or simply have a throat tickle? Chances are you’re misidentifying…
From the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology press release: Following the fast spread of COVID-19 across Europe and North America in March 2020, many people began stockpiling commodities including toilet paper. Some companies reported…
From the National University of Singapore press release: To succeed in modern life, people need to accomplish challenging tasks effectively. Many successful entrepreneurs, businesspeople, students, athletes and more, tend to be more strategic — and…
From the University of Helsinki press release: By analysing brain activity, researchers found that the brain regulates its resource use and tries to identify the most essential information. A recently completed study indicates that the…
From the DZNE – German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases press release: Our sense of direction tends to decline with age. In the scientific journal “Nature Communications,” researchers from the German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases (DZNE)…