From the Massachusetts Institute of Technology press release: When making a complex decision, we often break the problem down into a series of smaller decisions. For example, when deciding how to treat a patient, a…
From the California Institute of Technology press release: Fear and anxiety are both responses to danger but differ in timing. Fear strikes when something is an imminent threat: a tiger jumps over a fence, lunging…
From the Concordia University press release: Researchers have known about the close relationship between sleep and memory for decades. Now, a new study published in the journal NeuroImage looks at one important mechanism in that relationship. The…
From the Johns Hopkins Medicine press release: In a records review of 290 people at risk for Alzheimer’s disease, scientists at Johns Hopkins say they have identified an average level of biological and anatomical brain…
From the University of California – San Diego press release: Neurobiologists at the University of California San Diego have pinpointed the brain area responsible for value decisions that are made based on past experiences. Senior…
From the Dartmouth College press release: Humans use imagination a lot, whether it be thinking about what’s for dinner later tonight or trying to imagine what someone else on the other side of the world…
From the University of Delaware press release: For most native English-speakers, learning the Mandarin Chinese language from scratch is no easy task. Learning it in a class that essentially compresses a one-semester college course into…
From the Drexel University press release: More than half of American adults consume excess added sugars, according to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Major dietary guidelines recommend limiting foods high in added…
From the University of Cambridge press release: Researchers have identified how the human brain is able to determine the properties of a particular object using purely statistical information: a result which suggests there is an…
From the University of Eastern Finland press release: Finnish researchers at the University of Eastern Finland and the University of Oulu have discovered of a new type of gene mutation that reduces fear and anxiety,…