From the Public Library of Science press release via EurekAlert!: Dogs learning to associate words with objects form these associations in different ways than humans do, according to research published November 21 in the open…
From the Max-Planck-Gesellschaft press release: While in deep dreamless sleep, our hippocampus sends messages to our cortex and changes its plasticity, possibly transferring recently acquired knowledge to long-term memory. But how exactly is this done?…
From the UC Santa Barbara press release via EurekAlert!: When your neighbor asks to borrow a cup of sugar and you readily comply, is your positive response a function of the give and take that…
From the Wellcome Trust press release via EurekAlert!: The discovery of the molecular pathway that drives the changes seen in the brains of Alzheimer’s patients is reported today, revealing new targets for drug discovery that…
From the Columbia University’s Mailman School of Public Health press release via EurekAlert!: Results of a new study by researchers at Columbia University’s Mailman School of Public Health indicate that a developmental pattern of impulsiveness…
From the Wiley press release via EurekAlert!: Pregnant women with mental health disorders are facing too many barriers to help them quit smoking during pregnancy despite their willingness to accept support, finds a new study…
From the University of Montreal press release via EurekAlert!: Researchers from McGill University and the University of Montreal have identified a crucial link between protein synthesis and autism spectrum disorders (ASD), which can bolster new…
From the MIT press release by Anne Trafton via EurekAlert!: One of the biggest puzzles in neuroscience is how our brains encode thoughts, such as perceptions and memories, at the cellular level. Some evidence suggests…
From the Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center press release via EurekAlert!: If you are among the 50 percent of Americans who suffer from insomnia, then you have probably tried everything – from warm milk to…
From the Deutsches Ärzteblatt International press release via EurekAlert!: This is the question asked by two of the articles in this week’s issue of Deutsches Ärzteblatt International. Dieter Leyk from German Sport University Cologne (Deutsche…