From the Salk Institute press release via EurekAlert!: The hormone oxytocin – often referred to as the “trust” hormone or “love hormone” for its role in stimulating emotional responses – plays an important role in…
From the University of Warwick press release via AlphaGalileo: New research published in PNAS, a leading interdisciplinary journal, suggests reasons why the richest should pay more tax; why rewarding the top performers leads to recurrent…
From the University of Copenhagen press release: Scientists have discovered that plant compounds from a South African flower may in time be used to treat diseases originating in the brain – including depression. At the…
From the Oregon State University press release: Researchers at Oregon State University have confirmed what we knew all along – children in this country are increasingly sedentary, spending too much time sitting and looking at…
From the IOS Press BV press release via AlphaGalileo: Scientists from the University of South Florida and Fudan University in Shanghai found increases in brain volume and improvements on tests of memory and thinking in…
From the Taylor & Francis press release via AlphaGalileo: ‘We accept the reality of the world with which we are presented.’ – Ed Harris, The Truman Show (1998) Over the last decade, millions of words…
From the University College London press release via MedicalXpress: Neurons come in an astounding assortment of shapes and sizes, forming a thick inter-connected jungle of cells. Now, UCL neuroscientists have found that there is a…
From the University of Colorado Boulder press release: Companies paying celebrities big money to endorse their products may not realize that negative perceptions about a celebrity are more likely to transfer to an endorsed brand…
From the UCLA Health Sciences press release via EurekAlert!: UCLA researchers have combined two tools – gene expression and the use of peripheral blood — to expand scientists’ arsenal of methods for pinpointing genes that…
From the Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg press release via AlphaGalileo: Interfaces between the brain and a computer could be the key to a more independent life for patients with severe paralysis: Devices that transform the mere thought…