From the Boston College press release via Physorg: Preventing violent outbreaks of “spectator rage”, similar to the deadly riots that broke out following a soccer game in Egypt, requires assessment and action by sports team…
From the Duke University press release via EurekAlert!: The abundance of false information available on the Internet, in movies and on TV has created a big challenge for educators. Students sometimes arrive in classrooms filled…
From the University of Alabama in Tuscaloosa press release: Treatments for Parkinson’s disease, estimated to affect 1 million Americans, have yet to prove effective in slowing the progression of the debilitating disease. However, University of…
From the Oxford University press release via MedicalXPress: The idea of a simple, cheap and widely available device that could boost brain function sounds too good to be true. Yet promising results in the lab…
From the Mount Sinai Hospital press release via MedicalXPress: Researchers from Mount Sinai School of Medicine have discovered that decaffeinated coffee may improve brain energy metabolism associated with type 2 diabetes. This brain dysfunction is…
From the Loyola University Health System press release via Newswise: On Valentine’s Day, people who have been unlucky in love will be said to suffer from a “broken heart.” It turns out that a broken…
From the Wayne State University press release: A Wayne State University researcher believes studying people’s ability to find their way around may help explain why loss of mental capacity occurs with age. Scott Moffat, Ph.D.,…
From the Rotman School of Management press release: What does “free time” mean to you? When you’re not at work, do you pass the time — or spend it? The difference may impact how happy…
From the Association for Psychological Science press release: The report card is in, and the online dating industry won’t be putting this one on the fridge. A new scientific report concludes that although online dating…
From the JAMA and Archives Journals press release via EurekAlert!: Smoking in men appears to be associated with more rapid cognitive decline, according to a report published Online First by Archives of General Psychiatry, one…