From the Radiological Society of North America media release: Diffusion tensor imaging (DTI), a type of MRI, may be able to predict functional post-deployment outcomes for veterans who sustained mild traumatic brain injury (MTBI), or concussion,…
From the BMJ media release: Nine weekly sessions of individually tailored acupuncture lessen perceived pain intensity, and improve functional capacity and quality of life, in people with the chronic pain condition, fibromyalgia, finds research published…
From the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign media release: Chemists have identified the complex chemical structure of the protein that stacks together to form fibrils in the brains of Parkinson’s disease patients. Armed with this knowledge,…
From the University of North Florida media release: Poor visual working memory can play an important role in the struggles experienced by autistic children, according to a new study conducted by Dr. Tracy Alloway, associate professor…
From the British Psychological Society (BPS) media release: Autistic girls are more socially motivated and have more intimate friendships than autistic boys, but are not as good as girls without autism at recognising conflict in those…
From the University of Missouri-Columbia media release: Considerable attention has been paid to how boys’ educational achievements in science and math compare to girls’ accomplishments in those areas, often leading to the assumption that boys outperform…
From the University of Southampton media release: A new study jointly led by the University of Southampton and King’s College London has found a link between gum disease and greater rates of cognitive decline in…
From the Association for Psychological Science media release: While boys generally do better than girls in science and math**, some studies have found that girls do better in arithmetic. A new study published in Psychological Science, a…
From the Case Western Reserve University media release: Mindfulness is often viewed as either a touchy-feely fad or valuable management tool that can lift an entire workplace. A new comprehensive analysis of mindfulness research, co-directed…
From the PLOS media release: Brain swelling is a strong predictor of death in children with cerebral malaria (a severe form of the disease where parasites have accumulated in brain vessels), and also in mice with…