From the CAMH press release via EurekAlert!: Researchers from the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH) have identified a new role of a chemical involved in controlling the genes underlying memory and learning. “The…
From the University of Chicago press release via Newswise: Many high-achieving students experience math anxiety at a young age — a problem that can follow them throughout their lives, new research at the University of…
From the Max-Planck-Gesellschaft press release via EurekAlert!: New research examining auditory mechanisms of language learning in babies has revealed that infants as young as three months of age are able to automatically detect and learn…
From the Deutsches Zentrum für Neurodegenerative Erkrankungen in der Helmholtz-Gemeinschaft (DZNE) press release via EurekAlert!: Every activity in the brain involves the transfer of signals between neurons. Frequently, as many as one thousand signals rain…
From the University of Texas at Austin press release: Reliance on supernatural explanations for major life events, such as death and illness, often increases rather than declines with age, according to a new psychology study…
From the University of Texas at Dallas press release via EurekAlert!: A new study by researchers at UT Dallas’ Center for Vital Longevity, Duke University, and the University of Michigan has found that the strength…
From the University of Miami press release via EurekAlert!: Parents of young children hope for a successful kindergarten experience that will set their youngsters on the right path of their educational journey. Some worry about…
From the Weizmann Institute of Science press release via EurekAlert!: Is sleep learning possible? A new Weizmann Institute study appearing today in Nature Neuroscience has found that if certain odors are presented after tones during…
From the UCLA press release via EurekAlert!: Every high school kid has done it: putting off studying for that exam until the last minute, then pulling a caffeine-fueled all-nighter in an attempt to cram as…
From the Indiana University press release via EurekAlert!: A study by Indiana University sociologist Jessica McCrory Calarco found that working-class and middle-class parents often take very deliberate — but different — approaches to helping their…