From the George Washington University press release: A stop sign at an intersection appears to be larger than a parked car across the street. Is our brain playing tricks on us? Researchers at the George…
From the Society for Neuroscience press release: Researchers applied a machine learning technique that could potentially translate patterns of activity in fear-processing brain regions into scores on questionnaires used to assess a patient’s fear of pain.…
From the Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory press release: How is it that a sound can send a chill down your spine? By observing individual brain cells of mice, scientists at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory (CSHL)…
From the Society for Research in Child Development press release: The transition to motherhood triggers changes in mothers’ brain structure that may facilitate bonding with their infants. While many studies have focused on the postpartum…
From the University of California – Riverside press release: Have you ever looked at a puppy and had the urge to squeeze or even bite it? Or felt compelled to pinch a baby’s cheeks, albeit…
From the University of Pennsylvania press release: The English idiom “highbrow,” derived from a physical description of a skull barely able to contain the brain inside of it, comes from a long-held belief in the…
From the Aalto University press release: Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) scans of people watching the same clip from a dramatic film show that holistic thinkers all have similar brain responses to the scene, whereas analytical…
From the Michigan Medicine – University of Michigan press release: They clean their hands, many times in a row. They click switches on and off, over and over. They check — and re-check, and check…
From the University of Maryland press release: You’re walking along a busy city street. All around you are the sounds of subway trains, traffic, and music coming from storefronts. Suddenly, you realize one of the…
From the University of Turku press release: Infant brain development is still poorly understood. Thus, research on the topic is vital as developing brains are sensitive to early environmental factors. Recognising this, the FinnBrain imaging…