From the Yale University press release: Yale scientists have identified a possible neurobiological home for the spiritual experience — the sense of connection to something greater than oneself. Activity in the parietal cortex, an area…
From the Ohio State University press release: A strong social network could be the key to preserving memory. New research from The Ohio State University found that mice housed in groups had better memories and…
From the Netherlands Institute for Neuroscience – KNAW press release: Helping other people in need is a foundation of our society. It is intuitive to believe that we help others because we empathically share their…
From the City University London press release: A new study from City, University of London and MIT may have revealed the reasons behind our memory limitations. The researchers found that trying to retain too much…
From the University of Sussex press release: Psychologists at the University of Sussex have found a link between depression and an acceleration of the rate at which the brain ages. Although scientists have previously reported…
From the Massachusetts Institute of Technology press release: A study by MIT researchers has uncovered a new way of telling how well people are learning English: tracking their eyes. That’s right. Using data generated by…
From the Frontiers press release: Groundbreaking research shows that neurological health depends as much on signals sent by the body’s large, leg muscles to the brain as it does on directives from the brain to…
From the Ruhr-University Bochum press release: The more intelligent a person, the fewer connections there are between the neurons in his or her cerebral cortex. This is the result of a study conducted by neuroscientists…
From the Toyohashi University of Technology press release: The Computer Science and Engineering Research Team at the Toyohashi University of Technology has measured the pupil (referred to as the “black part” of the eye) when…
From the Karolinska Institutet press release: Scientists at Karolinska Institutet in Sweden and University of North Carolina, USA, have identified the cell types underlying schizophrenia in a new study published in Nature Genetics. The findings offer…