From the New York University press release: The chances of a commercial airliner crashing are vanishingly small — and yet many people are uncomfortable flying. Vaccination for many common childhood diseases entail almost no risk…
From the University of Arizona press release: By the time people reach a certain age, they’ve accumulated enough life experience to have plenty of stories to tell about life “back in their day.” However, a…
From the University of Georgia press release: Light to moderate drinking may preserve brain function in older age, according to a new study from the University of Georgia. The study examined the link between alcohol…
From the NIH/National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke press release: Thousands of words, big and small, are crammed inside our memory banks just waiting to be swiftly withdrawn and strung into sentences. In a…
From the University of Cambridge press release: People who work in jobs that require less physical activity — typically office and desk-based jobs — are at a lower risk of subsequent poor cognition than those…
From the University of California – Riverside press release: Whether you decided to engage in social distancing in the early stages of COVID-19 depended on how much information your working memory could hold. This is…
From the Université de Genève press release: How does our memory work and how can we optimize its mechanisms on a daily basis? This question is at the heart of many neuroscience research projects. Among…
From the NIH/National Institute on Aging press release: Combining more healthy lifestyle behaviors was associated with substantially lower risk for Alzheimer’s disease in a study that included data from nearly 3,000 research participants. Those who…
From the Purdue University press release: “Mommy brain” is a long-held perception that mothers are more forgetful and less attentive. “In most studies, however, attention and memory tests are given to mothers very early postpartum,”…
From the California Institute of Technology press release: Most of us know that feeling of trying to retrieve a memory that does not come right away. You might be watching a romantic comedy featuring that…