From the American Academy of Sleep Medicine media release: A new study suggests that there is a significant correlation between excessive daytime sleepiness and vitamin D, and race plays an important factor. Results show that…
Spontaneous eyeblinks may be actively involved in a release of attention during cognitive behavior, potentially explaining why people generate eyeblinks far more often than necessary to lubricate the eyes, according to a study. It remains…
From the Virginia Tech press release via EurekAlert!: Community solidarity and support have remarkable benefits for people coping with traumatic mass shootings, according to an American-Finnish research study recently published by the University of Turku.…
From the McLean Hospital press release via ScienceDaily: The long-term use of anabolic-androgenic steroids (AAS) may severely impact the user’s ability to accurately recall the shapes and spatial relationships of objects, according to a recent…
From the UC Berkeley press release: Our eyes may be our window to the world, but how do we make sense of the thousands of images that flood our retinas each day? Scientists at the…
From the University of Missouri-Columbia press release via EurekAlert!: Holiday presents will soon be under the tree for millions of adolescents. With those gifts may come sibling squabbles over violations of personal space, such as…
From the University of Adelaide press release via MedicalXpress: As the Christmas-New Year party season nears its peak, psychology researchers from the University of Adelaide have completed the first study of its kind into a…
From the University of Groningen press release via AlphaGalileo: ‘Save money by taking shorter showers!’ This type of campaigns is often used to encourage consumers to behave more sustainably. Calling on people’s environmental awareness is…
From the BMJ – British Medical Journal press release via ScienceDaily: People whose minds wander whilst driving, especially when intense, are significantly more likely to be responsible for a crash and are threatening safety on the…
From the University of Western Ontario press release via EurekAlert!: After conducting the largest online intelligence study on record, a Western University-led research team has concluded that the notion of measuring one’s intelligence quotient or…