From the Santa Clara University press release: Compulsive drinking may be due to dysfunction in a specific brain pathway that normally helps keep drinking in check. The results are reported in the journal Biological Psychiatry. In…
From the American College of Neuropsychopharmacology press release: Childhood adversity is a significant problem in the US, particularly for children growing up in poverty. Those who experience poverty have a much higher risk of being…
From the Northwestern University press release: There have been many headlines in recent years about the potentially negative impacts contact sports can have on athletes’ brains. But a new Northwestern University study shows that, in…
From the Columbia University Irving Medical Center press release: The largest brain imaging study of children ever conducted in the United States has revealed structural differences in the brains of those whose parents have depression.…
From the Deutsches Primatenzentrum (DPZ)/German Primate Center press release: A penalty shootout at the Soccer World Cup. All eyes are on the best striker of the team. He should take the decisive shot, preferably past…
From the Massachusetts Institute of Technology press release: Having trouble paying attention? MIT neuroscientists may have a solution for you: Turn down your alpha brain waves. In a new study, the researchers found that people…
From the Yale University press release: For as many as one in three people, life events or situations that pose no real danger can spark a disabling fear, a hallmark of anxiety and stress-related disorders.…
From the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, News Bureau press release: People with specific brain attributes are more likely than others to benefit from targeted cognitive interventions designed to enhance fluid intelligence, scientists report in…
From the Ruhr-University Bochum press release: People who play drums regularly for years differ from unmusical people in their brain structure and function. The results of a study by researchers from Bochum suggest that they…
From the Annenberg Public Policy Center of the University of Pennsylvania press release: The gun violence seen in popular PG-13 movies aimed at children and teenagers has more than doubled since the rating was introduced…