From the American Academy of Ophthalmology press release via EurekAlert!: New research shows that the use of an audio therapy known as binaural beats can significantly reduce patients’ anxiety during cataract surgery. The 141-patient study,…
From the University of Pittsburgh press release via Physorg: Math instructors promoting calculator usage in college classrooms may want to rethink their teaching strategies, says Samuel King, postdoctoral student in the University of Pittsburgh’s Learning…
From the University of Plymouth press release via MedicalXpress: Parents who smack or shout at their children could be placing them at greater risk of developing cancer, heart disease and asthma. Psychologists from Plymouth University…
From the Columbia University Medical Center press release via MedicalXpress: Although schizophrenia is highly genetic in origin, the genes involved in the disorder have been difficult to identify. In the past few years, researchers have…
From the Scripps Research Institute press release via MedicalXpress: Scientists at The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI) have identified a new pathway that appears to play a major role in information processing in the brain. Their…
From the Queensland University of Technology press release via MedicalXpress: Teenagers who binge drink risk inhibiting part of their brain’s development and many are laying the groundwork for alcoholism down the track a Queensland University…
From the University of Adelaide press release via ScienceDaily: Dream images could provide insights into people’s mental health problems and may help with their treatment, according to a psychology researcher from the University of Adelaide.…
From the Drexel University press release via ScienceDaily: What was your high school mascot? Where did you put your keys last night? Who was the first president of the United States? Groups of neurons in…
From the Stony Brook press release via Newswise: Newly generated, or newborn neurons in the adult hippocampus are critical for memory retrieval, according to a study led by Stony Brook University researchers to be published…
From the University of Copenhagen press release via ScienceDaily: A group of scientists from the University of Copenhagen has created a model that shows how some types of ADHD medicine influence the brain’s reward system.…