From the Association for Psychological Science press release: Students everywhere, put down those highlighters and pick up some flashcards! Some of the most popular study strategies — such as highlighting and even rereading — don’t…
From the Science Network WA press release by Narelle Towie via MedicalXpress: Compulsive hoarders struggle to throw out their many possessions because their brains lack flexibility, new research suggests. To most people, the idea of…
From the University of Rochester press release via MedicalXpress: Using brain scans of children and adults watching Sesame Street, cognitive scientists are learning how children’s brains change as they develop intellectual abilities like reading and…
From the University of Oregon press release via EurekAlert!: The ability to focus and switch tasks readily amid distractions was compromised for up to two months following brain concussions suffered by high school athletes, according…
From the Association for Psychological Science press release: New research suggests that racial stereotypes and creativity have more in common than we might think. In an article published in Psychological Science, a journal of the…
From the University of Rochester Medical Center media release: The memory problems that many women experience in their 40s and 50s as they approach and go through menopause are both real and appear to be…
Spontaneous eyeblinks may be actively involved in a release of attention during cognitive behavior, potentially explaining why people generate eyeblinks far more often than necessary to lubricate the eyes, according to a study. It remains…
From the McLean Hospital press release via ScienceDaily: The long-term use of anabolic-androgenic steroids (AAS) may severely impact the user’s ability to accurately recall the shapes and spatial relationships of objects, according to a recent…
From the University of Western Ontario press release via EurekAlert!: After conducting the largest online intelligence study on record, a Western University-led research team has concluded that the notion of measuring one’s intelligence quotient or…
From the American Society for Cell Biology press release via EurekAlert!: The two infamous proteins, amyloid-beta (A?) and tau, that characterize advanced Alzheimer’s disease (AD), start healthy neurons on the road to cell death long…