From the Harvard Medical School press release by Shraddha Chakradhar via ScienceDaily: Deleting a single gene in the cerebellum of mice can cause key autistic-like symptoms, researchers have found. They also discovered that rapamycin, a…
From the Elsevier press release via EurekAlert!: Exposure to childhood maltreatment increases the risk for most psychiatric disorders as well as many negative consequences of these conditions. This new study, by Dr. Gustavo Turecki and…
From the Pennsylvania State University press release via EurekAlert!: Children who are exposed to community violence continue to exhibit a physical stress response up to a year after the exposure, suggesting that exposure to violence…
From the University of Colorado Denver press release via EurekAlert!: Foster kids who receive mentoring and training in skills such as anger management, healthy communication, and problem solving are less likely to move foster homes…
From the Association for Psychological Science press release: As each day passes, the pace of life seems to accelerate – demands on productivity continue ever upward and there is hardly ever a moment when we…
From the Northwestern University press release via EurekAlert!: When people have similar injuries, why do some end up with chronic pain while others recover and are pain free? The first longitudinal brain imaging study to…
From the Biomed Central press release via ScienceDaily: Research published today in Biomed Central’s open access journal Journal of Neuroinflammation suggests that chronic inflammation can predispose the brain to develop Alzheimer’s disease. To date it…
From the Ohio State University press release: A new study reveals a simple strategy that people can use to minimize how angry and aggressive they get when they are provoked by others. When someone makes…
From the UC Berkeley Haas School of Business press release via EurekAlert!: How people make choices depends on many factors, but a new study finds people consistently prefer the options that come first: first in…
From the Wolters Kluwer Health: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins press release via ScienceDaily: Watching 3D movies can “immerse” you in the experience — but can also lead to visual symptoms and even motion sickness, reports…