From the University College London press release via HealthCanal: Researchers from UCL have found that lonely people have less grey matter in a part of the brain associated with decoding eye gaze and other social…
From the Society for Research in Child Development press release via EurekAlert!: The development of children with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) is much like that of children without ASD at 6 months of age, but…
From the Society for Research in Child Development press release via EurekAlert!: Children who are homeless or move frequently have chronically lower math and reading skills than other low-income students who don’t move as much.…
From the Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center press release via EurekAlert!: Maintaining a healthy body weight may be difficult for many people, but it’s reassuring to know that our brains and bodies are wired to…
From the British Psychological Society (BPS) press release via ScienceDaily: Negatively framed political attitudes (“I don’t like Romney”) are stronger than positively framed attitudes (“I like Romney”), and this effect is strengthened when people think…
From the Mount Sinai Hospital press release via EurekAlert: New research presented in October at the 6th Neurodegenerative Conditions Research and Development Conference in San Francisco demonstrates the role of the investigational compound IRX4204 in…
From the Duke University Medical Center press release via ScienceDaily: While studying the sense of touch, scientists at Duke Medicine have pinpointed specific neurons that appear to regulate perception. The sensory neurons are characterized by…
From the McLean Hospital press release via HealthCanal: Previous research has shown that cognitive performance is associated with regular exercise among children and elderly, and now researchers at Harvard Medical School’s McLean Hospital have shown…
From the Lund University press release via ScienceDaily: Introducing a light-sensitive protein in transgenic nerve cells … transplanting nerve cells into the brains of laboratory animals … inserting an optic fibre in the brain and…
From the Sam Houston State University press release via EurekAlert!: Childhood bullying can lead to long term health consequences, including general and mental health issues, behavioral problems, eating disorders, smoking, alcohol use, and homelessness, a…