Smokers who scored higher on a test of math ability were more likely than others to say they intended to quit smoking, according to new research. The reason: They had a better memory for numbers related to smoking risk, which led to perceiving a greater risk from smoking and then … | Continue reading
Living near major roads or highways is linked to higher incidence of dementia, Parkinson's disease, Alzheimer's disease and multiple sclerosis (MS), suggests | Continue reading
A new method of treatment for neurological diseases has been developed by MedUni Vienna researchers led by Roland Beisteiner that represents a world first. Usin | Continue reading
Injectable nanoparticles that convert sound waves, which can easily penetrate into the brain, into light, have been developed by Stanford researchers[1]. Opt | Continue reading
The conscious perception of visual location occurs in the frontal lobes of the brain, rather than in the visual system in the back of the brain, according to a | Continue reading
When a pregnant woman consumes a diet high in polyunsaturated omega-6 fatty acids, her body produces an excess of endogenous cannabinoids (endocannabinoids), wh | Continue reading
The brain activity patterns found in your friends' brains when they consider your personality traits may be remarkably similar to what is found in your's when | Continue reading
To learn new things, we must sometimes fail. But what's the right amount of failure? New research led by the University of Arizona proposes a mathematical answ | Continue reading
In 2004, a paper appeared in the journal Psychological Science, titled “Music Lessons Enhance IQ.” The author, composer and University of Toronto Mississaug | Continue reading
The human brain can recognise a familiar song within 100 to 300 milliseconds, highlighting the deep hold favourite tunes have on our memory, new research from U | Continue reading
One day in February 2017, Michel Cadotte, 58, walked into his wife’s room at the long-term care institution where she was living to feed her lunch, a daily ri | Continue reading
There is no shortage of research on what helps create, support and maintain a healthy intimate relationship, and how the individuals involved perceive them. A n | Continue reading
Young teens who spend more time with TV and electronic devices drink more sugared or caffeinated drinks than their peers, indicates a a study of U.S. teens led | Continue reading
The brain's neural activity - long implicated in disorders ranging from dementia to epilepsy - also plays a role in human aging and life span, according to res | Continue reading
A new system for keeping tissue viable for long-term study once transferred from an animal to a culture medium has been developed by researchers at the RIKEN Ce | Continue reading
Dr. Lynn D’Andrea knew something was amiss when three teenagers with similar mysterious, dangerous lung injuries came into the Children’s Hospital of Wisconsin one after another, gasping for air. | Continue reading
The Washington Post recently reported the story of Josh Hader, a 28-year-old who stretched and popped his neck, tore an artery and nearly lost his life from a major stroke. And earlier this year, the Daily Mail reported the story of Natalie Kunicki, a 23-year-old paramedic who st … | Continue reading
Multitasking has traditionally been perceived as a woman’s domain. A woman, particularly one with children, will routinely be juggling a job and running a household – in itself a frantic mix of kids’ lunch boxes, housework, and organising appointments and social arrangements. But … | Continue reading
A new study[1] punctures the common argument that the the reason the U.S. spends so much more on health care than other countries is because it allocates less to other social services. Some researchers and policymakers maintain that this relative underinvestment in social service … | Continue reading
One more item to add to the ever-growing list of the dangerous impacts of global climate change. Warming oceans are leading to an increase in the harmful neurotoxicant methylmercury in popular seafood, including cod, Atlantic bluefin tuna and swordfish, according to research led … | Continue reading
‘Spin’, defined as exaggerating the clinical significance of a particular treatment without the statistics to back it up, is discernible in more than half of clinical trial abstracts published in top psychology and psychiatry journals, a review of relevant research has found. The … | Continue reading