From the American Association for the Advancement of Science media release: Turning the theory of how the human brain perceives time on its head, a novel analysis in mice reveals that dopamine neuron activity plays a key…
From the Association for Psychological Science media release: What we see in the periphery, just outside the direct focus of the eye, may sometimes be a visual illusion, according to new findings published in Psychological Science, a…
From the Wiley media release: Vitamin D supplementation improved symptoms of autism in a recent trial. Studies have shown an association between the risk of autism spectrum disorder and vitamin D insufficiency. In this latest…
From the Medical College of Georgia at Augusta University media release: Our brains have a basic algorithm that enables us to not just recognize a traditional Thanksgiving meal, but the intelligence to ponder the broader implications…
From the Rockefeller University media release: No single neuron produces a thought or a behavior; anything the brain accomplishes is a vast collaborative effort between cells. When at work, neurons talk rapidly to one another, forming networks…
From the Johns Hopkins Medicine media release: A robotic arm and a virtual game were essential tools in a new study from researchers at Johns Hopkins Medicine. The study results suggest that while training doesn’t change neurological…
From the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology media release: Early-life stress has been shown to impair learning and memory in later life, but new research, published online in The FASEB Journal, suggests that…
From the University of Pittsburgh Schools of the Health Sciences media release: Neuroscientists at the University of Pittsburgh have identified the neural networks that connect the cerebral cortex to the adrenal medulla, which is responsible…
From the Society for Personality and Social Psychology media release: Whether ideas are “like a light bulb” or come forth as “nurtured seeds,” how we describe discovery shapes people’s perceptions of both inventions and inventors. Notably,…
From the NIH/National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences media release: Cognitive function improves with aerobic exercise, but not for people exposed to high levels of mercury before birth, according to research funded by the National…