Anyone who shops online is familiar with those ‘top-rated’ products or services that rise to the top of their search…
15-minutes of exercise creates optimal brain state for mastering new motor skills
Participants in the study were divided into those who rested after a first take on a new motor skill and…
Extreme heat and reduced cognitive performance in adults in non-air-conditioned buildings
Students who lived in dormitories without air conditioning (AC) during a heat wave performed worse on a series of cognitive…
Male couples report as much domestic violence as straight couples
Nearly half of all men in a new study about intimate partner violence in male couples report being victims of…
Suppressing negative emotions during health scare may whip up spiral of fear
Trying to suppress worries during a health scare, like the recent Zika outbreak, may lead to an ever-intensifying cycle of…
The audiovisual integration of material information in preverbal infants
A joint group of researchers from Chuo University, Japan Women’s University, and Kagoshima University have revealed that infants aged 4-…
Why some people get dizzy when hearing certain sounds
University of Utah biomedical engineering professor Richard Rabbitt (left) and doctoral student Marta Iversen have discovered why certain people experience…
Amyloid beta protein protects brain from herpes infection by entrapping viral particles
A Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) study has found the mechanism by which amyloid beta (A-beta) — the protein deposited into…
Why are neuron axons long and spindly? Study shows they’re optimizing signaling efficiency
Stylized axon arbor of a neuron. Yellow circle: root vertex at the axon initial segment; red circles: bifurcation vertices; black…
Challenging the conventional wisdom on calculus
Calculus. The word alone is enough strike terror into the hearts of even the most accomplished students, but for those…