From the National University of Ireland Galway press release: An international collaborative study led by researchers from the NUI Galway provides findings on the neural basis of intelligence, otherwise known as general cognitive ability (IQ).…
From the Baylor University press release: College students who listened to classical music by Beethoven and Chopin during a computer-interactive lecture on microeconomics — and heard the music played again that night — did better…
From the Max Planck Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences press release: The brain is permanently exposed to new impressions. Even when sleeping, it does not rest and processes recent experiences. In very early…
From the Karolinska Institutet press release: People continuously exposed to air pollution are at increased risk of dementia, especially if they also suffer from cardiovascular diseases, according to a study at Karolinska Institutet in Sweden…
From the University of California – Riverside press release: Scientists at the University of California, Riverside, have explored the relationship between parental alcohol consumption — before conception in the case of fathers and during pregnancy…
From the Yale University press release: Working memory, the ability to hold a thought in mind even through distraction, is the foundation of abstract reasoning and a defining characteristic of the human brain. It is…
From the University of Tokyo press release: A recent study in mice led a team of researchers in Japan to believe that psychosis may be caused by problems with specialized nerve cells deep within the…
From the Washington State University press release: When teachers use a funny joke, a cat video or even background music in their lessons, it can keep students from understanding the main content. These so-called “seductive…
From the University of Southern Denmark Faculty of Health Sciences press release: Mental fatigue is a psychobiological state caused by prolonged periods of demanding cognitive activity which results in slower reaction times and attention deficits.…
From the CNRS press release: Even before uttering their first words, babies master the grammar basics of their mother tongue. Thus eight-month-old French infants can distinguish function words, or functors — e.g. articles (the), personal…