From the Brown University press release via ScienceDaily: Many animals, including humans, harbor ingrained biases to act when they can obtain rewards and to remain inactive to avoid punishment. Sometimes, however those biases can steer…
From the Association for Psychological Science press release: Math and reading ability at age 7 may be linked with socioeconomic status several decades later, according to new research published in Psychological Science, a journal of…
From the Queen’s University press release via MedicalXpress: According to a new study out of Queen’s University, even very young children value people that help them and are motivated to return the favour. The study…
From the University of Alabama at Birmingham press release by Bob Shepard via ScienceDaily: A University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) study suggests that the Mediterranean diet, which emphasizes consuming foods that contain omega-3 fatty…
From the University of Cincinnati press release via HealthCanal: A new study led by researchers at the University of Cincinnati (UC) College of Medicine shows that prenatal exposure to chemical flame retardants used in everyday…
From the Wake Forest University press release via MedicalXpress: Wake Forest University’s Sean Hannah and a team of researchers have found measuring activity in the prefrontal cortex of the brain can help assess that person’s…
From the American Academy of Neurology press release via MedicalXpress: The largest study to date finds that eating foods that contain omega-3 fatty acids, found in fish, chicken and salad dressing and avoiding saturated fats,…
From the University of Bath press release via MedicalXpress: Researchers from the University of Bath have found that people who are congenitally blind have more accurate memories than those who are sighted. Distortions and illusions…
From the Association for Psychological Science press release: Experiencing connections, regularities, and coherence in their environment may lead people to feel a greater sense of meaning in life, according to a new study published in…
From the Case Western Reserve University press release via ScienceDaily: IQ directly relates to how students perform on tests in the first two years of dental school. But emotional intelligence (EI) trumps IQ in how…