From the Emory University press release via EurekAlert!: When a friend tells you she had a rough day, do you feel sandpaper under your fingers? The brain may be replaying sensory experiences to help understand…
From the Kavli Foundation press release via ScienceDaily: After years of existing only in fiction, social robots are finally being designed that can more closely emulate how people express themselves, interact and learn – and…
From the Association for Psychological Science press release: When you see a picture of a hand, how do you know whether it’s a right or left hand? This “hand laterality” problem may seem obscure, but…
From the Research Council of Norway press release via AlphaGalileo: When a patient afflicted with schizophrenia hears inner voices something is taking place inside the brain that prevents the individual from perceiving real voices. A…
From the Swinburne University of Technology via MedicalXPress: A daily mental ‘work-out’ has given a group of over 50s the brain performance of people several years younger, a Swinburne University of Technology clinical trial has…
From the Association for Psychological Science press release: Placebos reduce pain by creating an expectation of relief. Distraction—say, doing a puzzle—relieves it by keeping the brain busy. But do they use the same brain processes?…
From the University of Parma press release via AlphaGalileo: This elementary feature of schizophrenia is particularly disabling for those affected by the condition, say Italian scientists. The study, published this week in Social Cognitive and…
From the Springer press release via AlphaGalileo: Scientists have found that the capacity of the human brain to process and record information – and not economic constraints – may constitute the dominant limiting factor for…
From the University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston press release: One of the most distinctive signs of the development of Alzheimer’s disease is a change in the behavior of a protein that neuroscientists call…
From the King’s College London press release: New research reveals how the brain appears to adapt to compensate for the effects of long-term ADHD medication, suggesting why ADHD medication is more effective short-term than it…