From the Society for Neuroscience press release: Neural activity associated with defensive responses in humans shifts between two brain regions depending on the proximity of a threat, suggests neuroimaging data from two independent samples of…
From the Florida State University press release: Every time you walk out of a building, you immediately see where you’re at and then step toward a destination. Whether you turn left, right or go straight…
From the University of Luxembourg press release: People can intuitively recognise small numbers up to four; however, when calculating they depend on the assistance of language. In this respect, the fascinating research question ensues: how…
From the University of Chicago Medical Center press release: More than 2 billion people — nearly one out of every three humans on earth, including about 60 million people in the United States — have a…
From the Dartmouth College press release: When it comes to the concept of fairness, teenagers’ ability to consider the intentions of others appears to be linked to structural changes underway in the brain, according to…
From the American Association for the Advancement of Science press release: Scientists have identified a subgroup of neurons in mice that drive a critical instinct – thirst. Activity of the neurons decreased as the mice…
From the Michigan State University press release: Chronic worriers, take note: Simply writing about your feelings may help you perform an upcoming stressful task more efficiently, finds a Michigan State University study that measured participants’…
From the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign press release: Nutrition has been linked to cognitive performance, but researchers have not pinpointed what underlies the connection. A new study by University of Illinois researchers found that monounsaturated…
From the Wolters Kluwer Health: Lippincott Williams and Wilkins press release: Ongoing advances in understanding the functional connections within the brain are producing exciting insights into how the brain circuits function together to support human behavior…
From the Medical College of Georgia at Augusta University press release: Intermittent electrical stimulation of an area deep inside the brain that degenerates in Alzheimer’s appears to improve working memory, scientists report. Conversely, continuous deep brain…