From the University of Texas at Austin press release: Choosing to forget something might take more mental effort than trying to remember it, researchers at The University of Texas at Austin discovered through neuroimaging. These…
From the University of Liverpool press release: New University of Liverpool research, published in PLOS ONE, highlights the positive impact jurors’ note taking has on evidence recall and, crucially, trial verdicts. During trials, jurors need to…
From the Duke University press release: You’re in the middle of a conversation and suddenly turn away because you heard your name. Don’t worry, you aren’t rude. Our minds automatically pull attention to our names…
From the University of Toronto press release: The way we encode our memories involves many pieces of information, and scientists have looked at how most of them work. But one dimension still eludes them: time.…
From the Boston University School of Medicine press release: People exposed to trauma are less able to suppress unwanted emotional memories due to neural and behavioral disruptions in their brain that may contribute to the…
From the Arizona State University press release: Avid hikers know to be cautious of plants with leaves made up of three leaflets if they are red in the spring or fall. Parents worldwide know the…
From the University of Southern California press release: A diet containing compounds found in green tea and carrots reversed Alzheimer’s-like symptoms in mice genetically programmed to develop the disease, USC researchers say. Researchers emphasize that…
From the Lancaster University press release: The popular view that music enhances creativity has been challenged by researchers who say it has the opposite effect. Psychologists from the University of Central Lancashire, University of Gävle…
From the Elsevier press release: Lifetime adversity and increased neural processing during a traumatic event combine to increase the frequency of intrusive traumatic memories and the distress they cause, according to a new study in Biological…
From the Columbia University Irving Medical Center press release: Athletes know a vigorous workout can release a flood of endorphins: “feel-good” hormones that boost mood. Now there’s evidence that exercise produces another hormone that may…