From the Monash University press release: Australia’s first guidelines for the diagnosis and treatment of problem gamblers highlight the importance of professional help for the thousands of Australians who struggle to control their gambling. State…
From the Yale University press release: Experienced meditators seem to be able switch off areas of the brain associated with daydreaming as well as psychiatric disorders such as autism and schizophrenia, according to a new…
From the University of Rochester press release: The human brain is bombarded with a cacophony of information from the eyes, ears, nose, mouth and skin. Now a team of scientists at the University of Rochester,…
From the Max Planck Institute press release: The structure of the corpus callosum, a thick band of nerve fibres that connects the two halves of the brain with each other and in this way enables…
From the Association for Research in Vision and Opthalmology press release: Whether comparing a man and a woman or a parent and a baby, we can still see when two people of different age or…
From the University of Notre Dame press release: We’ve all experienced it: The frustration of entering a room and forgetting what we were going to do. Or get. Or find. New research from University of…
From the Association for Psychological Science press release: CEOs, teachers, and leaders claim they want creative ideas to solve problems. But creative ideas are rejected all the time. A new study, which will be published…
From the University of Buffalo press release: One of the first studies to examine, in animals, how depression in fathers may impact their offspring will be presented by the study’s researchers from the University at…
From the University of Chicago Press Journals, via Eurekalert: Toting a heavy item around may cause you to judge an issue to be more important, according to a new study in the Journal of Consumer…
From the Society for Neuroscience press release: New research identifies the brain chemicals and circuits involved in mental illnesses like schizophrenia, depression, and anxiety, giving potential new directions to their treatment. In addition, research with…