From the Wiley press release: Just a single exercise workout has positive effects on learning and memory in young adults, according to a recent review of published studies. The review, which is published in Translational Sports…
From the European College of Neuropsychopharmacology press release: Anxiety and depression are often linked and assumed to be closely related, but now research has shown for the first time that depression and anxiety have different…
From the UK Research and Innovation press release: Researchers have identified how cells in our brains work together to join up memories of separate experiences, allowing us to make educated guesses in everyday life. By…
From the McGill University press release: How do people coordinate their actions with the sounds they hear? This basic ability, which allows people to cross the street safely while hearing oncoming traffic, dance to new…
From the University of North Carolina Health Care press release: Cognitive flexibility refers to the ability to readily switch between mental processes in response to external stimuli and different task demands. For example, when our…
From the Cell Press press release: Our sense of who we are is thought to be influenced by things like our childhood experiences, our interactions with others, and now, researchers say, our bodies. A study…
From the Ruhr-University Bochum press release: If and how babies recall what they have learned depends on their mood: what they’ve learned when feeling calm is inaccessible when they’re active and vice versa. This was…
From the Rutgers University press release: The ease of finding information on the internet is hurting students’ long-term retention and resulting in lower grades on exams, according to a Rutgers University-New Brunswick study. The study,…
From the University of Alberta press release: Adopting a third-person, observer point of view when recalling your past activates different parts of your brain than recalling a memory seen through your own eyes, according to…
From the Washington University in St. Louis press release: “Memory is the first thing to go.” Everyone has heard it, and decades of research studies seem to confirm it: While it may not always be…