From the Case Western Reserve University press release via Newswise: Ben W. Strowbridge, PhD, Professor of Neurosciences and Physiology/Biophysics, and Robert A. Hyde, a fourth year MD/PhD student in the neurosciences graduate program at Case…
From the Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center press release via EurekAlert!: With the discovery that the unconscious mind plays a key role in the placebo effect, researchers have identified a novel mechanism that helps explain…
From the Association for Psychological Science press release via ScienceDaily: Joking around can land us in hot water. Even the professionals often shoot themselves comedically in the foot. Last month, comedian Jeffrey Ross’s routine at…
From the University of Ulster press release via ScienceDaily: Time spent on social networking sites comes at the expense of other activities — including physical activity, new research by the University of Ulster has revealed.…
From the University of Notre Dame press release by Susan Guibert via ScienceDaily: Mothers aren’t the only ones who are biologically adapted to respond to children. New research from the University of Notre Dame shows…
From the University of Helsinki press release via AlphaGalileo: Computer scientists in Finland have developed a method that automatically composes music out of sleep measurements. The composition service works live on the Web at sleepmusicalization.net.…
From the Concordia University press release via EurekAlert!: By the time older adults are diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease, the brain damage is irreparable. For now, modern medicine is able to slow the progression of the…
From the Washington University in St. Louis press release via HealthCanal: A new study suggests an estimated 46.3 percent of adolescents with an autism spectrum disorder (ASD) were the victims of bullying, according to a…
From the Inderscience Publishers press release via EurekAlert!: A computer is being taught to interpret human emotions based on lip pattern, according to research published in the International Journal of Artificial Intelligence and Soft Computing.…
From the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia press release via EurekAlert!: Expectant mothers who learn from prenatal diagnosis that they are carrying a fetus with a congenital heart defect (CHD) commonly suffer post-traumatic stress, depression and…