Gesturing with Hands is a Powerful Tool for Children Learning MathAccording to new research, children who use their hands to gesture during math lessons obtain better understanding of the concepts taught.Read More
Researchers Study Decision Making Center of BrainResearchers identify different profiles of brain activity when people make cost benefit decisions related to alcohol consumption.Read More
Outside the Body Our Memories Fail UsResearchers demonstrate the close relationship between body perception and our ability to store new memories.Read More
Ever So Slight Delay Improves Decision Making AccuracyResearchers discover decision making accuracy can be improved by postponing the onset of a decision by a fraction of a second.Read More
Researchers Find Inherited Pathway of Risk for SchizophreniaA new study reports abnormalities in oligodendrocytes seen in schizophrenia are partly determined by genes and not environmental factors alone.Read More
In One Ear and Out the OtherResearchers report when it comes to memory, we don't remember things we hear as well as things we see.Read More
Study Ties Father’s Age at Childbearing to Higher Rates of Psychiatric, Academic Problems in KidsA new study reports a father's advancing age at childbearing can lead to higher rates of psychological and academic problems for the offspring.Read More
Maze Puts Images on Floor Where Rats LookProjecting images onto the floor of a maze, rodents can learn behaviors faster.Read More
New Autism Definition May Decrease Diagnosis by One ThirdA new study reports a statistically significant decrease in patients being diagnosed with ASD by clinicians using the new DSM-5.Read More
New Study Settles How Social Understanding is Performed by the BrainNew research settles how the brain makes sense of actions it witnesses others performing in daily life.Read More
Study in Mice Raises Question: Could PTSD Involve Immune Cell Response to Stress?A new study reports that after chronic stress, primed immune cells cause an excessive reaction to a later event.Read More
Alcohol Is Not a Direct Cause of Cognitive Impairment in Older MenNew research claims alcohol consumption is not a direct cause of cognitive impairment in older men.Read More