From the Association for Psychological Science press release: When you see a picture of a hand, how do you know whether it’s a right or left hand? This “hand laterality”… Read more »
From the Swinburne University of Technology via MedicalXPress: A daily mental ‘work-out’ has given a group of over 50s the brain performance of people several years younger, a Swinburne University… Read more »
From the Association for Psychological Science press release: Placebos reduce pain by creating an expectation of relief. Distraction—say, doing a puzzle—relieves it by keeping the brain busy. But do they… Read more »
From the University of Manchester press release: Researchers are suggesting that there is a link between the number of friends you have and the size of the region of the… Read more »
From the University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston press release: One of the most distinctive signs of the development of Alzheimer’s disease is a change in the behavior of… Read more »
From the Dartmouth College press release: For Bradley Duchaine, there is definitely more than meets the eye where faces are concerned. With colleagues at Birkbeck College in the University of… Read more »
From the University of Bristol press release via EurekAlert!: New findings, led by neuroscientists at the University of Bristol and published this week in the journal Neurobiology of Aging, reveal… Read more »
From the Uppsala University press release via EurekAlert!: New research from Uppsala University shows that reduced insulin sensitivity is linked to smaller brain size and deteriorated language skills in seniors…. Read more »
From the Max Planck Institute press release: Holding information within one’s memory for a short while is a seemingly simple and everyday task. We use our short-term memory when remembering… Read more »
From the Georgetown University Medical Center press release: Scientists have long believed that human speech is processed towards the back of the brain’s cerebral cortex, behind auditory cortex where all… Read more »
