From the National Research University Higher School of Economics press release: Altruism based on individual values is changing Western society. People in Western countries have seen a rise in individualism for quite some time, and this…
From the Carl R. Woese Institute for Genomic Biology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign press release: Mice have a reputation for timidity. Yet when confronted with an unfamiliar peer, a mouse may respond by rearing, chasing,…
From the Loyola University Health System press release: Memory loss, language problems and other symptoms of cognitive decline are strongly associated with diseases of the small blood vessels in the brain, a study has found. The…
From the University of Cambridge press release: Our DNA influences our ability to read a person’s thoughts and emotions from looking at their eyes, suggests a new study published in the journal Molecular Psychiatry. Twenty…
From the University of Queensland press release: The mystery of how human eyes compute the direction of moving light has been made clearer by scientists at The University of Queensland. Using advanced electrical recording techniques, researchers…
From the BMJ press release: Alcohol consumption, even at moderate levels, is associated with increased risk of adverse brain outcomes and steeper decline in cognitive (mental) skills, finds a study published by The BMJ today.…
From the Santa Fe Institute press release: How do we make decisions? Or rather, how do our neurons make decisions for us? Do individual neurons have a strong say or is the voice in the…
From the Cell Press press release: When others suffer, we humans empathize. Our feelings of empathy take different forms, such as distress when we imagine and internalize someone’s pain and compassion as we sympathize with…
From the University of Iowa press release: We all know that talking on a cell phone impedes your driving ability. But new research from the University of Iowa is helping us understand how even a…
From the Elsevier press release: Neuroimaging measures of emotional brain function after acute trauma may help predict whether a person will develop posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), according to a new study in Biological Psychiatry. Led…