From the Lund University press release via AlphaGalileo: At the Swedish Armed Forces Interpreter Academy, young recruits learn a new language at a very fast pace. By measuring their brains before and after the language…
From the UCLA Health Sciences press release via ScienceDaily: UCLA researchers have for the first time measured the activity of a brain region known to be involved in learning, memory and Alzheimer’s disease during sleep.…
From the UPenn press release via HealthCanal: Anyone who has had a pet instinctively knows what several physical and mental health studies have shown: people who have a companion animal have lower levels of stress,…
From the Mount Sinai Hospital press release viaEurekAlert!: Chronic morphine exposure has the opposite effect on the brain compared to cocaine in mice, providing new insight into the basis of opiate addiction, according to Mount…
From the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health press release via HealthCanal: Ten years ago, the landmark Women’s Health Initiative (WHI) revealed that women older than 65 increased their risk for memory…
From the Kennedy Krieger Institute press release via EurekAlert!: A new study published today in the journal Pediatrics (Epub ahead of print) found that nearly half of children with autism spectrum disorders (ASD) are reported…
From the Stanford University School of Medicine press release via EurekAlert!: Not everyone is able to be hypnotized, and new research from the Stanford University School of Medicine shows how the brains of such people…
From the Emory University press release via EurekAlert!: A compassion-based meditation program can significantly improve a person’s ability to read the facial expressions of others, finds a study published by Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience.…
From the University of British Columbia press release via EurekAlert!: Maternal depression and a common class of antidepressants can alter a crucial period of language development in babies, according to a new study by researchers…
From the INSERM (Institut national de la santé et de la recherche médicale) press release via EurekAlert!: The results from comparative analysis of this population demonstrate the risk of developing dementia increased by 50% for…