From the Kansas State University media release: Hollywood-style films may control viewers’ attention more than originally thought, according to a Kansas State University researcher. Lester Loschky, associate professor of psychological sciences, recently published “What Would Jaws…
From the Association for Psychological Science media release: While boys generally do better than girls in science and math**, some studies have found that girls do better in arithmetic. A new study published in Psychological Science, a…
From the eLife media release: Biology lessons teach us that the brain is divided into separate areas, each of which processes a specific sense. But findings to be published in eLife show we can supercharge it to…
From the Lund University media release: Accumulation of the substance amyloid beta in the brain impairs the memory and cognitive ability in people with Alzheimer’s. New findings from Lund University in Sweden show that the cause…
From the Mayo Clinic media release: Alzheimer’s disease relentlessly targets large-scale brain networks that support the formation of new memories. However, it remains a mystery as to why the disease selectively targets memory-related brain networks and…
From the Mayo Clinic media release: You’ve likely heard this before: Exercise is good for you. It helps your heart, bones, back and more. But here’s one thing you might not have heard: Ongoing aerobic…
From the Wiley media release: What happens to our cognitive abilities as we age? Traditionally it is thought that age leads to a steady deterioration of cognitive function, but new research in Topics in Cognitive…
From the University of Rochester Medical Center press release via ScienceDaily: In a perspective piece appearing today in the journal Science, researchers at University of Rochester Medical Center (URMC) point to a newly discovered system…
From the Rutgers University press release via MedicalXpress: The day of the big barbecue arrives and it’s time to fire up the grill. But rather than toss the hamburgers and hotdogs haphazardly onto the grate,…
From the North Carolina State University press release via ScienceDaily: Computer science researchers have programmed a computer to play the game Concentration (also known as Memory). The work could help improve computer security — and…