From the University College London press release: UCL researchers have identified how the human brain integrates social information when a person decides how much they like something, by studying how user reviews on Amazon influence how…
From the Canadian Association for Neuroscience press release: We all want to improve our memory, but research unveiled by the University of Toronto’s Dr. Katherine Duncan today shows that we need to switch our strategies. Memory…
From the University of Western Ontario press release: New Western University research shows that neurons in the part of the brain found to be abnormal in psychosis are also important in helping people distinguish between reality…
From the University of California – Berkeley press release: A University of California, Berkeley, study of mice reveals, for the first time, how puberty hormones might impede some aspects of flexible youthful learning. “We have found…
From the University of Illinois at Chicago press release: Cannabis smokers often report that they use the drug to relax or relieve stress, but few studies provide clinical evidence of these effects. Now, researchers at the…
From the Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center press release: While reading to children has many benefits, simply speaking the words aloud may not be enough to improve cognitive development in preschoolers. A new international study,…
From the University of Miami press release: By the end of each academic semester, most college students struggle with a drop in attention spans and increased stress, especially student-athletes. Athletes know dedicated practice and physical…
From the Association for Psychological Science press release: Transcranial direct-current stimulation (tDCS) — a non-invasive technique for applying electric current to areas of the brain — may be growing in popularity, but new research suggests…
From the Kyoto University press release: Perhaps we only see what we’ve learned to see. In a recent multinational study in the journal Cognitive Science, a research team led by Kyoto University shows that an ability…
From the Michigan Medicine – University of Michigan press release: Most people know that regular exercise can keep a body looking and feeling young. What about the brain? “There has been a wealth of evidence from…