From the Yale University press release: “One day at a time” is a mantra for recovering alcoholics, for whom each day without a drink builds the strength to go on to the next. A new…
From the University of South Australia press release: From Sinatra to Katy Perry, celebrities have long sung about the power of a smile — how it picks you up, changes your outlook, and generally makes…
From the Society for Neuroscience press release: People are better at learning and decision-making when trying to avoid harm to others, according to new research published in JNeurosci. Humans are often motivated by self-interest. Participants in…
From the New York University press release: It is known that different regions of the brain help us prioritize information so we can efficiently process visual scenes. A new study by a team of neuroscientists…
From the University of Alberta press release: Adopting a third-person, observer point of view when recalling your past activates different parts of your brain than recalling a memory seen through your own eyes, according to…
From the Dartmouth College press release: Imagine if every time you looked at a face, one side of the face always appeared distorted as if it were melting, resembling a painting by Salvador Dalí. This…
From the College of Engineering, Carnegie Mellon University press release: Biomedical Engineering’s Matthew Smith and Byron Yu, along with former Ph.D. student Ben Cowley (School of Computer Science ’18), have studied the neural basis through…
From the Washington University in St. Louis press release: “Memory is the first thing to go.” Everyone has heard it, and decades of research studies seem to confirm it: While it may not always be…
From the University of Sussex press release: Eating while doing something perceptually-demanding makes it more difficult to notice when you feel full, shows new research from the University of Sussex. Professor Martin Yeomans, Dr Sophie…
From the Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne press release: There is no question that motivation is one of the hardest and yet important factors in life. It’s the difference between success and failure, goal-setting and…