From the Vanderbilt University press release by David Salisbury via ScienceDaily: When people – and monkeys – look at faces, a special part of their brain that is about the size of a blueberry “lights…
From the Northwestern University press release via EurekAlert!: You’ve probably never given much thought to the fact that picking up your cup of morning coffee presents your brain with a set of complex decisions. You…
From the Northeastern University press release: Fluoxetine was the first drug approved by the FDA for major depressive disorder (MDD) in children and adolescents, and to this date, it remains one of only two selective…
From the Duke University Medical Center press release via EurekAlert!: By studying how birds master songs used in courtship, scientists at Duke University have found that regions of the brain involved in planning and controlling…
From the Rush University Medical Center press release via Newswise: The results from a new study by neurological researchers from the Rush Alzheimer’s Disease Center at Rush University Medical Center suggest that people who were…
From the PLoS ONE press release via ScienceDaily: Dyslexia may result from impairment of a different linguistic system than previously thought, according to research published Sep. 19 in the open access journal PLOS ONE. Speech…
From the Carnegie Mellon University press release: Autism is a disorder well known for its complex changes in behavior – including repeating actions over and over and having difficulty with social interactions and language. Current…
From the Caltech press release by Marcus Woo: Almost everyone knows the feeling: you see a delicious piece of chocolate cake on the table, but as you grab your fork, you think twice. The cake…
From the Association for Psychological Science press release: You’re waiting in the reception area of your doctor’s office. The magazines are uninteresting. The pictures on the wall are dull. The second hand on the wall…
From the Max-Planck-Gesellschaft press release: The hippocampus represents an important brain structure for learning. Scientists at the Max Planck Institute of Psychiatry in Munich discovered how it filters electrical neuronal signals through an input and…