From the UT Southwestern Medical Center press release: Scientists have collected plenty of evidence linking exercise to brain health, with some research suggesting fitness may even improve memory. But what happens during exercise to trigger…
From the Indiana University press release: As millions continue working from home during the pandemic or are required to report to jobs as essential employees, many have raised questions about how these work conditions impact…
From the University of Technology Sydney press release: New research is one of the first comprehensive characterizations of poorly formed memories and may offer a framework to explore different therapeutic approaches to fear, memory and…
From the Society for Neuroscience press release: A quirk in how the brain processes faces makes it harder to tell members of a racial outgroup apart, according to new research published in eNeuro. People struggle to…
From the Max Planck Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences press release: Solving problems, planning one’s own actions, controlling emotions — these executive functions are fundamental processes for controlling our behavior. Despite numerous indications,…
From the American Academy of Neurology press release: It’s never too late to lace up some sneakers and work up a sweat for brain health, according to a study published in the May 13, 2020,…
From the Ruhr-University Bochum press release: A popular theory in neuroscience called predictive coding proposes that the brain produces all the time expectations that are compared with incoming information. Errors arising from differences between actual…
From the Cell Press press release: When we fall asleep, our brains are not merely offline, they’re busy organizing new memories — and now, scientists have gotten a glimpse of the process. Researchers report in…
From the Max Planck Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences press release: The first mechanism establishes a relationship between the phase of the heartbeat and conscious experience. In a regular rhythm, the heart contracts…
From the U.S. Army Research Laboratory press release: A team of Army and academic researchers are investigating how eye-pupil size changes can indicate a person’s cognitive state as a means to enable teaming with autonomous…