From the Virginia Tech press release via EurekAlert!: In the classic film 12 Angry Men, Henry Fonda’s character sways a jury with his quiet, persistent intelligence. But would he have succeeded if he had allowed…
From the Association for Psychological Science press release: How does the brain confer meaning on the things we perceive in the world? “Many of us favor the theory that, whether it comes in through the…
From the MIT press release: Why did language evolve? While the answer might seem obvious — as a way for individuals to exchange information — linguists and other students of communication have debated this question…
From the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill press release: Adults who participated in a high quality early childhood education program in the 1970s are still benefitting from their early experiences in a variety…
From the University of Illinois press release: A program designed to boost cognition in older adults also increased their openness to new experiences, researchers report, demonstrating for the first time that a non-drug intervention in…
From the Florida International University press release via PhysOrg: Who cares about handwriting, anyway? It’s the 21st century, after all. We have iPads and iPhones, computers that spell check and fonts that go from French…
From the Association for Psychological Science press release: You’re driving from work to pick up your kids at school. The drive is familiar; you’ve done it almost every day for years. But how do you…
From the University of Chicago Press Journals press release via EurekAlert!: A clean desk might not be all it’s cracked up to be. According to a new study in the Journal of Consumer Research, messiness…
From the Elsevier press release via EurekAlert!: Virtual reality-enhanced exercise, or “exergames,” combining physical exercise with computer-simulated environments and interactive videogame features, can yield a greater cognitive benefit for older adults than traditional exercise alone,…
From the University of Nottingham press release via AlphaGalileo: Are you someone who easily recognises everyone you’ve ever met? Or maybe you struggle, even with familiar faces? It is already known that we are better…