From the King’s College London media release: Sleep deprivation may result in people consuming more calories during the following day, according to a systematic review and meta-analysis led by researchers at King’s College London. The…
From the Society for Personality and Social Psychology media release: How to be a healthy eater depends on culture. A recent study shows that in the U.S. and Japan, people who fit better with their…
From the University of California – Berkeley media release: During downtime, some of us daydream while others might focus on a to-do list, or get stuck in a negative loop. Psychology has traditionally defined all these thought…
From the Northwestern University media release: Many people have speculated on the evolutionary functions of the human orgasm, but the underlying mechanisms have remained mysterious. In a new paper, a Northwestern University researcher seeks to shed light…
From the Rockefeller University media release: No single neuron produces a thought or a behavior; anything the brain accomplishes is a vast collaborative effort between cells. When at work, neurons talk rapidly to one another, forming networks…
From the Johns Hopkins Medicine media release: A robotic arm and a virtual game were essential tools in a new study from researchers at Johns Hopkins Medicine. The study results suggest that while training doesn’t change neurological…
From the American Academy of Pediatrics media release: It’s known that adverse childhood experiences carry over into adult life, but a new study is focusing on the effect of these experiences in the childhood years. For an…
From the Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center media release: Conventional medical wisdom has long held that placebo effects depend on patients’ belief they are getting pharmacologically active medication. A paper published in the journal Pain…
From the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology media release: Early-life stress has been shown to impair learning and memory in later life, but new research, published online in The FASEB Journal, suggests that…
From the Washington University in St. Louis media release: Using MRIs, researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have identified areas in the brains of children with Tourette’s syndrome that appear markedly different from…