From the St. Michael’s Hospital press release via EurekAlert!: Most serious traffic accidents occur when drivers are making a left-hand turn at a busy intersection. When those drivers are also… Read more »
From the Universiti Putra Malaysia press release via Sciencedaily: Weekly music therapy sessions can have a positive effect on behaviour in children with autism, reports a paper in Pertanika Journal…. Read more »
From the University of Alberta press release via ScienceDaily: There’s a billboard up ahead, a roadside sign full of language and imagery. Next stop: the emotionally distracted zone. One University… Read more »
From the University of Barcelona press release via AlphaGalileo: The journal PLOS ONE has recently published a study which provides new data around attention and visual perception. The article “A… Read more »
From the Yale University press release by Karen N. Peart via ScienceDaily: Researchers at Yale School of Medicine are able to detect deficits in social attention in infants as young… Read more »
From the Michigan State University press release via MedicalXpress: Short interruptions – such as the few seconds it takes to silence that buzzing smartphone – have a surprisingly large effect… Read more »
From the BMJ – British Medical Journal press release via ScienceDaily: People whose minds wander whilst driving, especially when intense, are significantly more likely to be responsible for a crash and… Read more »
From the University of Chicago Press Journals press release via EurekAlert!: Consumers are more likely to purchase a product if they have previously focused their attention on it but are… Read more »
From the Oregon State University press release: A study has found that young, less-experienced surgeons made major surgical mistakes almost half the time during a “simulated” gall bladder removal when… Read more »
From the Frontiers press release via EurekAlert!: Children of low socioeconomic status work harder to filter out irrelevant environmental information than those from a high-income background because of learned differences… Read more »
