From the Northwestern University press release: Want to nail that tune that you’ve practiced and practiced? Maybe you should take a nap with the same melody playing during your sleep, new provocative Northwestern University research…
From the UCSF press release by Jason Bardi: Preventing diabetes or delaying its onset has been thought to stave off cognitive decline — a connection strongly supported by the results of a 9-year study led…
From the IOS Press BV press release via AlphaGalileo: Scientists from the University of South Florida and Fudan University in Shanghai found increases in brain volume and improvements on tests of memory and thinking in…
From the Taylor & Francis press release via AlphaGalileo: ‘We accept the reality of the world with which we are presented.’ – Ed Harris, The Truman Show (1998) Over the last decade, millions of words…
From the University of Maine press release: Brooding, or excessive rumination over negative feelings, is known to interfere with important problem-solving abilities, while immediate distraction from those feelings can increase problem-solving capacity, according to new…
From the Kansas State University press release via MedicalXpress: Most of us have experienced it. You are introduced to someone, only to forget his or her name within seconds. You rack your brain trying to…
From the Royal Holloway, University of London press release via HealthCanal: Concentrating closely on a conversation can leave us ‘deaf’ to other sounds, reveals Dr Polly Dalton from the Department of Psychology at Royal Holloway,…
From the RIKEN press release via MedicalXpress: Researchers at the RIKEN Brain Science Institute (BSI) in Japan have uncovered two brain signals in the human prefrontal cortex involved in how humans predict the decisions of…
From the University of Bristol press release via MedicalXpress: Four generations of a single family have been found to possess an abnormality within a specific brain region which appears to affect their ability to recall…
From the University of Notre Dame press release by Susan Guibert: Most of us assume that confidence and certainty are preferred over uncertainty and bewilderment when it comes to learning complex information. But a new…