From the Cell Press press release via EurekAlert!: Neurodevelopmental disorders such as intellectual disability and autism spectrum disorders are marked by mutations that impair signaling between neurons. These mutations cause key brain circuits involved in…
From the Vanderbilt University press release via EurekAlert!: Why do our brains make more mistakes when we act quickly? A new study demonstrates how the brain follows Ben Franklin’s famous dictum, “Take time for all…
From the National Institute for Physiological Sciences (Japan) press release: A team of Japanese scientists have found scientific proof that people doing exercises appear to perform better when another person compliments them. The research was…
From the Public Library of Science press release via EurekAlert!: Caffeine perks up most coffee-lovers, but a new study shows a small dose of caffeine also increases their speed and accuracy for recognizing words with…
From the Wellcome Trust press release via EurekAlert!: Researchers supported by the Wellcome Trust have discovered that we use a different part of our brain to learn about social hierarchies than we do to learn…
From the University of Milano-Bicocca press release via EurekAlert!: Emotions are often implicit undertones to our communication interactions, and decoding them requires substantial social and cognitive abilities. Prior research has shown that chronic alcoholics often…
From the Ohio State University press release via EurekAlert!: A new study of eight child prodigies suggests a possible link between these children’s special skills and autism. Of the eight prodigies studied, three had a…
From the AFTAU press release via ScienceDaily: When it comes to Alzheimer’s disease, scientists usually — and understandably — look to the brain as their first center of attention. Now researchers at Tel Aviv University…
From the Springer Select press release: For the first time, the dynamics of how Facebook user communities are formed have been identified, revealing surprisingly few large communities and innumerable highly connected small-size communities. These findings…
From the AFTAU press release: Decision-making is an inevitable part of the human experience, and one of the most mysterious. For centuries, scientists have studied how we go about the difficult task of choosing A…