From the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine press release via EurekAlert!: While approximately one in five Parkinson’s disease patients experience impulse control disorder symptoms, the disease itself does not increase the risk of gambling,…
From the University of Oregon press release via EurekAlert!: The ability to focus and switch tasks readily amid distractions was compromised for up to two months following brain concussions suffered by high school athletes, according…
From the Alzheimer Research Forum media release: Planning to cover dementia research this year? Before the 12 Days of Christmas are over, bone up on the most compelling research trends of 2012 by reading Alzforum’s…
From the USF Research News media release: Researchers from the University of South Florida and colleagues at the James A. Haley Veterans’ Hospital studying the long-term consequences of traumatic brain injury (TBI) using rat models,…
Spontaneous eyeblinks may be actively involved in a release of attention during cognitive behavior, potentially explaining why people generate eyeblinks far more often than necessary to lubricate the eyes, according to a study. It remains…
From the UC Berkeley press release: Our eyes may be our window to the world, but how do we make sense of the thousands of images that flood our retinas each day? Scientists at the…
From the BMJ – British Medical Journal press release via ScienceDaily: People whose minds wander whilst driving, especially when intense, are significantly more likely to be responsible for a crash and are threatening safety on the…
From the University of Western Ontario press release via EurekAlert!: After conducting the largest online intelligence study on record, a Western University-led research team has concluded that the notion of measuring one’s intelligence quotient or…
From the Université de Reims Champagne-Ardenne press release via EurekAlert!: Executive function (EF) guides complex behavior such as planning, decision-making, and response control. Alcohol dependence (AD) is known to impair EF. New findings indicate that…
From the American Society for Cell Biology press release via EurekAlert!: The two infamous proteins, amyloid-beta (A?) and tau, that characterize advanced Alzheimer’s disease (AD), start healthy neurons on the road to cell death long…