From the University of Waterloo press release via EurekAlert!: Researchers at the University of Waterloo have found that children hear more complex language from parents when they read a storybook with only pictures compared to…
From the AFTAU press release via EurekAlert!: A debilitating mental illness, schizophrenia can be difficult to diagnose. Because physiological evidence confirming the disease can only be gathered from the brain during an autopsy, mental health…
From the Indiana University press release via EurekAlert!: A team of American and Italian neuroscientists has identified a cellular change in the brain that accompanies obesity. The findings could explain the body’s tendency to maintain…
From the University of Minnesota Academic Health Center press release via ScienceDaily: New research from experts within the University of Minnesota School of Nursing has found teen girls at high risk for pregnancy reported being…
From the UCLA press release via EurekAlert!: Body dysmorphic disorder is a disabling but often misunderstood psychiatric condition in which people perceive themselves to be disfigured and ugly, even though they look normal to others.…
From the Association for Psychological Science press release: Having to explain how a political policy works leads people to express less extreme attitudes toward the policy, according to new research published in Psychological Science, a…
From the University of Chicago press release via EurekAlert!: Prisoners who are psychopaths lack the basic neurophysiological “hardwiring” that enables them to care for others, according to a new study by neuroscientists at the University…
From the University of Adelaide press release via EurekAlert!: Research from the University of Adelaide suggests that mothers who eat junk food while pregnant have already programmed their babies to be addicted to a high…
From the University of Warwick press release via EurekAlert!: Children who are exposed to negative parenting – including abuse, neglect but also overprotection – are more likely to experience childhood bullying by their peers, according to…
From the American Academy of Neurology press release via MedicalXpress: The largest study to date finds that eating foods that contain omega-3 fatty acids, found in fish, chicken and salad dressing and avoiding saturated fats,…