From the Boston University Medical Center press release via EurekAlert!: Alzheimer’s disease (AD) and other types of dementia are most common in the very elderly, and are associated with huge health costs. With a rapidly…
From the UC Davis Health System press release: A team of UC Davis researchers has found that mothers who had fevers during their pregnancies were more than twice as likely to have a child with…
From the Universität Basel press release via AlphaGalileo: Experiencing distressing memories of a shocking experience characterizes posttraumatic stress disorder. Scientists from the University of Basel have now discovered that a genetic factor for good memory…
From the Victoria University press release: Why is it that some people seem to waltz through life in a bubble of happiness, when for others each day is a struggle? Should we just accept the…
From the Dartmouth College press release via EurekAlert!: Exercise clears the mind. It gets the blood pumping and more oxygen is delivered to the brain. This is familiar territory, but Dartmouth’s David Bucci thinks there…
From the Brigham and Women’s Hospital press release: It has been known for years that eating too many foods containing “bad” fats, such as saturated fats or trans fats, isn’t healthy for your heart. However,…
From the Virginia Tech press release via EurekAlert!: Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, shame on my parahippocampal gyrus. Scientists at the Virginia Tech Carilion Research Institute have found that suspicion resides…
From the AFTAU press release: Playing make-believe is more than a childhood pastime. According to psychologists, it’s also crucial to building creativity, giving a child the ability to consider alternative realities and perspectives. And this…
From the American Pain Society press release via Newswise: Training the brain to reduce pain could be a promising approach for treating phantom limb pain and complex regional pain syndrome, according to an internationally known…
From the British Psychological Society (BPS) press release via AlphaGalileo: People who rate themselves as having high emotional intelligence (EI) tend to overestimate their ability to detect deception in others. This is the finding of…