From the University of Cambridge press release via MedicalXpress: Psychogenic diseases, formerly known as ‘hysterical’ illnesses, can have many severe symptoms such as painful cramps or paralysis but without any physical explanation. However, new research…
From the UCSF press release via MedicalXpress: A team of researchers at UC San Francisco has uncovered the neurological basis of speech motor control, the complex coordinated activity of tiny brain regions that controls our…
From the Oxford University press release via EurekAlert!: The origin of an innate ability the brain has to protect itself from damage that occurs in stroke has been explained for the first time. The Oxford…
From the Health Behavior News Service press release via ScienceDaily: People living with diabetes who also have untreated depression are at increased risk of death, according to a new evidence review in General Hospital Psychiatry.…
From the Biomed press release via ScienceDaily: Adding movement to mental rehearsal can improve performance, finds a study in BioMed Central’s open access journal Behavioral and Brain Functions. For high jumpers the study shows that…
From the BYU press release: The idea that boys are better at math and in competitions has persisted for a long time, and now we know why: Nobody bothered to schedule the rematch. Most school…
From the Cardiff University press release via MedicalXpress: Hypnosis has begun to attract renewed interest from neuroscientists interested in using hypnotic suggestion to test predictions about normal cognitive functioning. To demonstrate the future potential of…
From the Ruhr-Universität Bochum press release via Physorg: A skilful negotiator can save a lot of money when shopping in his favourite store. This was found out by researchers at the Ruhr-Universität Bochum (RUB) in…
From the Universität Tübingen press release via MedicalXpress: Have you ever wondered whether it’s possible to look at two places at once? Because our eyes have a specialized central region with high visual acuity and…
From the BioMed press release via AlphaGalileo: Similar to talking about being fat, talking about being old is an important an indicator of body dissatisfaction, shows research in BioMed Central’s open access journal Journal of…