From the Monash University press release: When learning to master complex movements such as those required in surgery, is being physically guided by an expert more effective than learning through trial and error? New research…
From the Peninsula College of Medicine and Dentistry via EurekAlert!: Researchers from the Peninsula College of Medicine and Dentistry (PCMD), University of Exeter, will present the findings of a new study suggesting a link between…
From the UC San Diego press release via ScienceDaily: Using a two-photon microscope capable of peering deep within living tissue, researchers at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine have found new evidence…
From the Washington University in St. Louis press release via EurekAlert!: Anyone who has looked at the jagged recording of the electrical activity of a single neuron in the brain must have wondered how any…
From the UT Dallas press release via EurekAlert!: UT Dallas researchers recently demonstrated how nerve stimulation paired with specific experiences, such as movements or sounds, can reorganize the brain. This technology could lead to new…
From the Elsevier press release via EurekAlert!: Neuroeconomics experts and guest editors of the Biological Psychiatry special issue Carla Sharp, John Monterosso, and P. Read Montague in an introductory paper define neuroeconomics as “an interdisciplinary…
From the Nottingham University press release via EurekAlert!: A joint study carried out by The University of Nottingham and the multinational food company Unilever has found for the first time that fat in food can…
From the Max-Planck-Gesellschaft press release: Children quickly learn to avoid negative situations and seek positive ones. But humans are not the only species capable of remembering positive and negative events; even the small brain of…
From the American Academy of Neurology press release via EurekAlert!: Higher levels of a certain fat in the blood called ceramides may increase a person’s risk of developing Alzheimer’s disease, according to a study published…
From the University of Wisconsin-Madison press release via EurekAlert!: Metabolic syndrome, a term used to describe a combination of risk factors that often lead to heart disease and type 2 diabetes, seems to be linked…