From the University of Cambridge press release: A brain chemical called noradrenaline is responsible for our responses to uncertain situations – helping us to learn quickly and adapt our behaviour,… Read more »
From the Max-Planck-Gesellschaft press release: During human evolution, the size of the brain increased, especially in a particular part called the neocortex. The neocortex enables us to speak, dream and… Read more »
From the European Molecular Biology Laboratory press release: Our brains are wired to protect us from threats. For social animals like humans, threats often come from other members of our… Read more »
From the Ohio State University press release: Humans are born with a part of the brain that is prewired to be receptive to seeing words and letters, setting the stage… Read more »
From the Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München press release: We employ our cognitive skills daily to assimilate and process information. A new empirical study shows that we do better at this task than… Read more »
From the Society for Neuroscience press release: Upsetting the brain’s timekeeping can cause cognitive impairments, like when jetlag makes you feel foggy and forgetful. These impairments may stem from disrupting… Read more »
From the European Molecular Biology Laboratory press release: Our brains are wired to protect us from threats. For social animals like humans, threats often come from other members of our… Read more »
From the Stanford University press release: The eyes may be the windows to the soul, but they can also provide insightful glimpses into memory. Stanford scientists are now able to… Read more »
From the University of Maryland press release: Anxiety, the most common family of mental illnesses in the U.S., has been pushed to epic new heights by the COVID-19 pandemic, with… Read more »
From the Université de Genève press release: Unhealthy behaviours trigger moral judgments that are similar to the basic emotions that contribute to our ability to survive. Two different hypotheses are… Read more »
