From the Public Library of Science press release via EurekAlert!: A robot analogous to a child between 6 and 14 months old can develop rudimentary linguistic skills through interaction with a human participant, as reported…
From the Cambridge University press release via MedicalXpress: A year-long study on children’s music-making indicates that playing music in groups on a regular basis greatly improves a child’s ability to empathise with others. Researchers looking…
From the Wiley-Blackwell press release: Older people who take omega-3 fish oil supplements are probably not reducing their chances of losing cognitive function, according to a new Cochrane systematic review. Based on the available data…
From the Max-Planck-Gesellschaft press release: Consciousness is a selective process that allows only a part of the sensory input to reach awareness. But up to today it has yet to be clarified which areas of…
From the AFTAU press release via EurekAlert!: Most people have intense emotional reactions to traumatizing events like road accidents or combat. But some suffer far longer, caught in the grip of long-term debilitating disorders such…
From the Boston University School of Medicine press release via MedicalXpress: Researchers from Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM) have identified a novel group of proteins that accumulate in the brains of patients with Alzheimer’s…
From the UC Davis press release: When it comes to marketing via video sharing on social media, choosing an influential person to “seed” a video is essential — but video quality isn’t all that important.…
From the Monash University press release via Physorg: Almost one third of employees use Facebook at work but aren’t too worried about being tracked by their employers, according to a study released this week. The…
From the University of Chicago Press Journals via EurekAlert!: Normally, male California mice are surprisingly doting fathers, but new research published in the journal Physiological and Biochemical Zoology suggests that high anxiety can turn these…
From the Wiley-Blackwell press release via EurekAlert!: People who were sexually unfaithful without their partner’s knowledge were less likely to practice safe sex than those who had other sexual relationships with their partner’s consent. They…