From the Temple University press release via EurekAlert!: Spatial skills–those involved with reading maps and assembling furniture–can be improved if you work at it, that’s according to a new look at the studies on this…
From the Association for Psychological Science press release: Many people, whether they know it or not, are philosophical dualists. That is, they believe that the brain and the mind are two separate entities. Despite the…
From the UCSF press release via EurekAlert!: Raising levels of the neurotransmitter dopamine in the frontal cortex of the brain significantly decreased impulsivity in healthy adults, in a study conducted by researchers at the Ernest…
From the Wayne State University press release via ScienceDaily: Neuroscientists from Wayne State University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) are taking a deeper look into how the brain mechanisms for memory retrieval differ…
From the University of Illinois College of Agricultural, Consumer and Environmental Sciences press release via EurekAlert!: Events that take place early in life almost certainly have consequences for later cognitive development. Establishing the connections is…
From the Ruhr-Universität Bochum press release via EurekAlert!: Cognition psychologists at the Ruhr-Universität together with colleagues from the University Hospital Bergmannsheil (Prof. Dr. Martin Tegenthoff) have discovered why stressed persons are more likely to lapse…
From the Northwestern University press release via EurekAlert!: A new class of drug developed at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine shows early promise of being a one-size-fits-all therapy for Alzheimer’s disease, Parkinson’s disease, multiple…
From the Baycrest Centre for Geriatric Care press release via EurekAlert!: Neuroscientists have found strong evidence that vivid memory and directly experiencing the real moment can trigger similar brain activation patterns. The study, led by…
From the Association for Psychological Science press release: Too often our memory starts acting like a particularly porous sieve: all the important fragments that should be caught and preserved somehow just disappear. So armed with…
From the Elsevier Health Sciences press release via EurekAlert!: American ginseng is reported to have neurocognitive effects, and research has shown benefits in aging, central nervous system disorders, and neurodegenerative diseases. The challenges of incorporating…