Green Tea Steeped in Bottled Water Increases Antioxidants
Researchers report a boost in healthy antioxidants for green tea brewed with bottled, as opposed to tap, water.... Read More...
Cornell University
Eating with Your Eyes: Virtual Reality Can Alter Taste
A new virtual reality study reveals people's perception of taste can be altered by what they experience in their surroundings.... Read More...
Education Improves Decision Making Ability
A new study reveals education can be leveraged to help enhance a person's economic rationality.... Read More...
Why Being Left Handed Matters for Mental Health
Researchers believe some treatments for mental health conditions may be ineffective, or even dangerous for left handed people. A new study reports areas of the brain housing alertness and determination may be on the right side for left dominant people. The new theory suggests the location of a person's neural system for emotion depends on their handedness. ... Read More...
The Haunting Regret of Failing Our Ideal Selves
Researchers say our most enduring regrets are ones which stem from our failures to live up to our ideal selves.... Read More...
Eating More Foods with Choline During Pregnancy Boosts Baby’s Brain
A new study provides further evidence that increasing choline consumption during pregnancy has cognitive benefits for children.... Read More...
Caffeine Tempers Taste, Triggering Temptation for Sweets
Researchers report caffeinated drinks reduce our ability to taste just how sweet something is. Ironically, this makes us crave sweet tastes more.... Read More...
Missing Link Discovered Between Immune Cells and Alzheimer’s Disease
Researchers at Cornell University have discovered a new pathway that involves immune cells which may contribute to the development of Alzheimer's disease. ... Read More...
In Brain Evolution, Size Matters – Most of the Time
Study reveals we may have first evolved larger brains that allows for adaptions which enhanced brain regions controlling specific abilities.... Read More...
Eye Expressions Offer a Glimpse Into the Evolution of Emotion
Studies support Darwin's theories of emotional evolution, finding expressions originate from sensory function rather than social communication.... Read More...
Neuroimaging Categorizes Four Depression Subtypes
Researchers discover depression can be categorized into four different subtypes, each defined by different patterns of abnormal brain connectivity.... Read More...
Lasting First Impressions
According to researchers, we continue to be influenced by a person's appearance even after we have interacted with them.... Read More...