From the Cell Press press release: For many people with hearing challenges, trying to follow a conversation in a crowded restaurant or other noisy venue is a major struggle, even with hearing aids. Now researchers…
From the Baylor College of Medicine press release: Although it’s been clear that seizures are linked to memory loss and other cognitive deficits in patients with Alzheimer’s disease, how this happens has been puzzling. In a…
From the University of Texas at San Antonio press release: How do we know if it was worth the wait in line to get a meal at the new restaurant in town? To do this our…
From the University of Kent press release: Research by the University of Kent into the effects of brain stimulation on athletes’ performance has demonstrated that it is an effective way to improve endurance. The findings are…
From the California Institute of Technology press release: Adult male mice have a simple repertoire of innate, or instinctive, social behaviors: When encountering a female, a male mouse will try to mate with it, and when…
From the University College London press release: The brain rapidly switches between operational modes in response to tasks and what is replayed can predict how well a task will be completed, according to a new UCL…
From the Research Society on Alcoholism press release: Alcohol use disorder (AUD) often co-occurs with chronic pain (CP), yet the relationship between the two is complex — involving genetic, neurophysiological, and behavioral elements — and is…
From the Massachusetts Institute of Technology press release: Figuring out how to pedal a bike and memorizing the rules of chess require two different types of learning, and now for the first time, researchers have been…
From the Netherlands Institute for Neuroscience – KNAW press release: Half a century of research on how the brain learns to integrate visual inputs from the two eyes has provided important insights in critical period regulation,…
From the Max Planck Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences press release: Presumably, in industrialized countries, especially in middle Europe, most people have never come across a poisonous spider or snake in the wild. In…