From the University of Exeter press release: Stimulating the brain by taking on leadership roles at work or staying on in education help people stay mentally healthy in later life, according to new research. The…
From the Research Organization of Information and Systems press release: Have you ever wondered why just seeing food can make your mouth start to water? By visualizing neuronal activity in specific areas of the zebrafish brain,…
From the UCLA press release: UCLA-led research has found that students in a college mathematics course experienced a phenomenon similar to repression, the psychological process in which people forget emotional or traumatic events to protect…
From the Florida Atlantic University press release: A new study of Spanish-English bilingual children by researchers at Florida Atlantic University published in the journal Developmental Science finds that when children learn two languages from birth…
From the British Psychological Society press release: Friendships play a vital role in helping people get through substantial challenges in life, according to a new study. Until now, little research has been carried out into…
From the University of Iowa press release: For adults, crossing the street by foot seems easy. You take stock of the traffic and calculate the time it will take to get from one side to…
From the Brown University press release: In a new study of a Brown University scholarly course on mindfulness that also included meditation labs, researchers found that the practice on average significantly helped women overcome “negative…
From the Ohio State University press release: Everybody loves those rare “aha moments” where you suddenly and unexpectedly solve a difficult problem or understand something that had previously perplexed you. But until now, researchers had…
From the University of Würzburg press release: Social media sites such as Facebook and Twitter have become an important part of the lives of many people worldwide. Around two billion users were active on Facebook…
From the Missouri University of Science and Technology press release: “Stop playing that stupid video game and get a job.” It’s a sentiment expressed by generations of parents since Pong began invading unsuspecting households in…