From the Rockefeller University press release: There’s nothing quite like the rush of recognition that comes from seeing a familiar face. But scientists have been hard-pressed to explain how we identify well-known faces — or how…
From the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign press release: Taboo words provoke certain responses in readers’ heart rates and brains, diminishing their attention and memory, research has shown. A new paper by scholars at the University…
From the McGill University press release: Human-computer interactions, such as playing video games, can have a negative impact on the brain, says a new Canadian study published in Molecular Psychiatry. For over 10 years, scientists have…
From the Massachusetts Institute of Technology press release: In the brains of Alzheimer’s patients, many of the genes required to form new memories are shut down by a genetic blockade, contributing to the cognitive decline seen…
From the CNRS press release: The human brain’s capacity for learning is astonishing: it can even memorize meaningless sounds if repeated. Hence, a pattern of white noise, like that produced by a radio when it…
From the University of Exeter press release: Drinking alcohol improves memory for information learned before the drinking episode began, new research suggests. In the University of Exeter study, 88 social drinkers were given a word-learning task.…
From the American Friends of Tel Aviv University press release: A new Tel Aviv University study suggests that cultural activities, such as the use of language, influence our learning processes, affecting our ability to collect different…
From the Technical University of Munich (TUM) press release: The protein amyloid beta is believed to be the major cause of Alzheimer’s disease. Substances that reduce the production of amyloid beta, such as BACE inhibitors, are…
From the Cell Press press release: “Chunking” has been a concept in cognitive psychology since the mid-1950s. It is the means by which individual items or words are grouped together into larger units so that…
From the Massachusetts Institute of Technology press release: Do you know your country’s current inflation rate? What do you think it will be in the future? And how do you, personally, try to plan your finances…