From the McGill University press release via EurekAlert!: A new study reveals what happens in our brain when we decide to purchase a piece of music when we hear it for the first time. The…
From the Cell Press press release via EurekAlert!: Slow oscillations in brain activity, which occur during so-called slow-wave sleep, are critical for retaining memories. Researchers reporting online April 11 in the Cell Press journal Neuron…
From the St. Joseph’s Hospital and Medical Center press release via EurekAlert!: Brain researchers at Barrow Neurological Institute have discovered that we explore the world with our eyes in a different way than previously thought.…
From the American Chemical Society (ACS) press release via ScienceDaily: The scientific secrets underpinning that awful reality about potato chips — eat one and you’re apt to scarf ’em all down — began coming out…
From the IOS Press BV press release via AlphaGalileo: In a study designed to differentiate why some stroke patients recover from aphasia and others do not, investigators have found that a compensatory reorganization of language…
From the British Neuroscience Association press release via AlphaGalileo: Exposure of the developing foetus to excessive levels of stress hormones in the womb can cause mood disorders in later life and now, for the first…
From the University of Florida press release via MedicalXpress: We’ve all been there: You’re at work deeply immersed in a project when suddenly you start thinking about your weekend plans. It happens because behind the…
From the University of Queensland press release via MedicalXpress: A University of Queensland study has identified precisely when new neurons become important for learning. Lead researcher Dr Jana Vukovic from UQ’s Queensland Brain Institute (QBI)…
From the British Neuroscience Association press release via AlphaGalileo: New research has shown that the way our minds react to and process emotions such as fear can vary according to what is happening in other…
From the Salk Institute press release via MedicalXpress: The irony of getting away to a remote place is you usually have to fight traffic to get there. After hours of dodging dangerous drivers, you finally…