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New insights into how the mind influences the body

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… 

Metaphors bias perceptions of scientific discovery

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,… 

Brain benefits of aerobic exercise lost to mercury exposure

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… 

Chess skill is linked to intelligence

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From the Michigan State University media release: Intelligence — and not just relentless practice — plays a significant role in determining chess skill, indicates a comprehensive new study led by Michigan State University researchers. The research… 

Emotions in the age of Botox

From the Sissa Medialab media release: Botulin injections in the facial muscles, which relax expression lines and make one’s skin appear younger as a result of a mild paralysis, have another, not easily predictable effect: they… 

Study shows how the brain switches into memory mode

From the University of Bonn media release: Researchers from Germany and the USA have identified an important mechanism with which memory switches from recall to memorization mode. The study may shed new light on the cellular…