From the PLoS press release via MedicalXPress: There are a number of drugs and experimental conditions that can block cognitive function and impair learning and memory. However, scientists have recently shown that some drugs can…
From the Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München (LMU) press release via AlphaGalileo: Pain? Just turn it off! It may sound like science fiction, but researchers based in Munich, Berkeley and Bordeaux have now succeeded in inhibiting pain-sensitive neurons…
From the Inderscience press release via AlphaGalileo: An analysis of the marketing and brand campaigns of internationally renowned footballers David Beckham and Ryan Giggs could provide marketing executives with insights into how brands can be…
From the UC Santa Cruz press release: New connections between brain cells emerge in clusters in the brain as animals learn to perform a new task, according to a study published in Nature on February…
From the Wellcome Trust press release: Every generation has its James Dean: the rebel who refuses to follow the path beaten by their peers. Now, a new study in Current Biology has found a link…
From the University of Texas at Dallas press release: Just as expert chess players scrutinize a board to calculate their next moves, UT Dallas cognitive neuroscientists are studying the way these players’ brains work to…
From the Elsevier press release via EurekAlert!: Stress has numerous detrimental effects on the human body. Many of these effects are acutely felt by the sufferer, but many more go ‘unseen’, one of which is…
From the Henry Ford Health System press release: If you’re a left brain thinker, chances are you use your right hand to hold your cell phone up to your right ear, according to a new…
From the Plataforma SINC press release via AlphaGalileo: All referees feel stress on match days. However, contrary to what you might believe, a joint study by the Catholic University of Brasilia, A Coruña University and…
From the Wiley-Blackwell press release via EurekAlert!: A new study published in the journal Drug and Alcohol Review reveals that young people do not possess the knowledge or skills required to adhere to government guidelines…