From the McGill University press release: We rely on our senses in all aspects of our lives. Unfortunately, many people suffer from some kind of impaired sensory function. In Canada alone, 600,000 people are visually…
From the Baylor University press release via EurekAlert!: The ability to navigate using spatial cues was impaired in mice whose brains were minus a channel that delivers potassium — a finding that may have implications…
From the University of Rochester press release: Training physicians in mindfulness meditation and communication skills can improve the quality of primary care for both practitioners and their patients, University of Rochester Medical Center researchers report…
From the UC Berkeley Haas School of Business press release: Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is typically used by medical professionals to visualize the internal structures of the human body. By using MRI to study the…
From the University of Melbourne press release via Physorg: Accounting manipulation occurs more often in firms that have a work culture that is centered on self-interest, according to a joint University of Melbourne and Tilburg…
From the Asociación RUVID press release via AlphaGalileo: Working in an environment of continuous contact with suffering and death, in which far-reaching decisions have to be made urgently as in the case of intensive care…
From the UCLA press release via EurekAlert!: Advertisers and public health officials may be able to access hidden wisdom in the brain to more effectively sell their products and promote health and safety, UCLA neuroscientists…
From the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee press release: Women who smoke in pregnancy may be more likely to have a child with high-functioning autism, such as Asperger’s Disorder, according to preliminary findings from a study by…
From the Stanford University press release by Beth Mole: Worrywarts, fidgety folk and the naturally nervy may have a real cause for concern: accelerated cancer. In a new study led by researchers at the Stanford…
From the Gladstone Institutes press release via EurekAlert!: Scientists at the Gladstone Institutes have unraveled a process by which depletion of a specific protein in the brain contributes to the memory problems associated with Alzheimer’s…