FeaturedNeuroscienceOpen Neuroscience ArticlesPsychology·April 14, 2022·7 min readDoes Music Improve Overall Health and Well-Being?Listening to music helps improve mood and decreases anxiety, regardless of the genre. Researchers found listening to music elicits similar autonomic nervous system activation patterns people experience as a result of exercise. Findings reveal clinically significant improvements in well-being and health-related quality of life associated with music engagement.Read More
FeaturedNeurosciencePsychology·March 28, 2022·4 min readOlder People Summon More Positivity in Response to DistressWith increasing age, people react more positively to both emotional and neutral stimuli, and are better able to positively reframe a negative experience into a positive one.Read More
FeaturedNeurosciencePsychology·March 28, 2022·7 min readScans Show Weakened Connections in Brains of Adolescents at Risk of Bipolar DisorderYoung people with higher risk factors for developing bipolar disorder have weakened connections in key brain areas during late adolescence.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscience·December 19, 2021·5 min readThe Six-Minute Training Hack That Can Improve Face Recognition SkillsRather than trying to remember a face in its entirety, researchers say focus on the ears and specific facial markings like freckles, moles, or scars, to help build facial recognition skills.Read More
FeaturedNeurosciencePsychology·December 2, 2021·6 min readTake the Stress Out of Christmas by Being Kind to YourselfDoes the thought of the impending holidays leave you feeling stressed out? Researchers provide hints and tips for reducing anxiety and stress over the holiday period.Read More
FeaturedNeurosciencePsychology·August 11, 2021·6 min readMemory and Information Processing Affected by Isolation30% of people reported changes in cognition, memory, and problems with information processing as a result of social isolation caused by pandemic lockdowns.Read More
FeaturedGeneticsNeurosciencePsychology·August 10, 2021·5 min readLess Stress for Women Who Know Their Genetic Risk for Breast CancerWomen who know their genetic risk profiles for breast cancer report feeling less stress and fewer regrets following finding out the information than women who decide not to find out about their genetic risk.Read More
FeaturedNeurosciencePsychology·July 30, 2021·7 min readWhy Uncertainty Makes Us Change Our Behavior – Even When We Shouldn’tUnexpected uncertainty is a motivator for change that prompts us to change our decisions and behaviors, even when changing the decision does not provide a better outcome.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscienceOpen Neuroscience ArticlesPsychology·March 10, 2021·6 min readI Ain’t Afraid of No Ghosts: People With Mind-Blindness Not So Easily SpookedHorror writers may have a hard time attracting those with aphantasia to read their spooky stories. A new study reveals those with aphantasia, a disorder marked by an inability to visualize mental imagery, have a hard time getting spooked by creepy stories. Findings suggest mental imagery may have a closer link to emotional processing and expression than previously believed.Read More
FeaturedNeurosciencePsychology·December 15, 2020·4 min readHallucinations Induced in Lab Could Be Key to Better Understanding and TreatmentInducing hallucinations using visual stimuli in a lab setting enables more objective and reliable testing.Read More
FeaturedOpen Neuroscience ArticlesPsychology·November 22, 2020·4 min readStereotypes Prejudice Our Musical TastesEmotional response to music isn't just derived from lyrics or the beat, they are also based on preconceived ideas we have about different musical genres.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscienceVisual Neuroscience·August 14, 2020·6 min readWhy the Brain Is Programmed to See Faces in Everyday ObjectsFace pareidolia, the phenomenon of seeing facelike structures in inanimate objects, is a perceptual phenomenon that occurs when sensory input is processed by visual mechanisms that have evolved to extract social content from human faces.Read More
