Why life can get better as we age — study
Mindfulness helps wellbeing at all agesCredit: Flinders University People say life gets better with age. Now research suggests this may ...
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Robots popular with older adults
Psychologists at the University of Jena (Germany) study relationships between humans and machinesCredit: (Image: Anne Guenther/FSU Jena) (Jena, Germany) A ...
Understanding how the brain predicts could make treating autism easier
Credit: J.F. Podevin WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. -- Our brains make our lives easier by predicting what will happen next based ...
Earliest look at newborns’ visual cortex reveals the minds babies start with
Credit: Cory Inman Within hours of birth, a baby's gaze is drawn to faces. Now, brain scans of newborns reveal ...
What makes an Airbnb host look trustworthy?
Hebrew University researchers crack the codeCredit: Hebrew University They say a picture is worth a thousand words. Nowhere is this ...
Study finds empathy can be detected in people whose brains are at rest
Findings may help health care professionals better assess those with autism, schizophreniaCredit: UCLA Health UCLA researchers have found that it ...
Masking the memory of fear: Treating anxiety disorders such as PTSD with an opioid
In a breakthrough study, scientists from Japan find the potential of an opioid drug to help numb fear memoryCredit: Tokyo ...
Columbia’s Zuckerman Institute announces three artists-in-residence
Year-long program embeds award-winning painter, jazz musician and author with scientists studying the mind, the brain and behaviorCredit: Anastasia Muna ...
Brain imaging provides little insight in insanity evaluation
Credit: Phil Jones, Senior Photographer, Augusta University Sophisticated brain imaging, like an MRI, has limited applicability in assessing a defendant's ...
AI could deceive us as much as the human eye does in the search for extraterrestrials
Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/UCLA/MPS/DLR/IDA An artificial neural network has identified a square structure within a triangular one in a crater on the ...
Effects of contact between minority and majority groups more complex than once believed
UMass Amherst, international team suggest new route to social change, intergroup harmonyCredit: UMass Amherst AMHERST, Mass. - For more than ...
Research shows the sexes have equal spatial cognition skills
Men and women approach the task differently but get the same resultCredit: Diarmuid Greene, TrueMedia Men are not better than ...
The ‘place’ of emotions
A study of the IMT School Studies Lucca describes how affective states are mapped in the brainCredit: Luca Cecchetti, IMT ...
Facial paralysis stigma takes emotional toll, especially when acquired later in life
Credit: Courtesy of the Moebius Syndrome Foundation CORVALLIS, Ore. - People with facial paralysis are more likely to face depression ...
What it’s like to live without a sense of smell
Credit: University of East Anglia The smell of cut grass, freshly baked bread, childhood memories, lost loved ones, Christmas. What ...
Cyberbullying Linked to Increased Depression and PTSD
Credit: University of Miami Health System Cyberbullying had the impact of amplifying symptoms of depression and post-traumatic stress disorder in ...
Calculated surprise leads to groundbreaking discovery in cognitive control research
Researchers discover dorsal anterior cingulate cortex activity during motivated control reflects the calculation of surpriseCredit: Florida Atlantic University Humans control ...
VR is not suited to visual memory?!
Development of IT that takes human characteristics into considerationCredit: COPYRIGHT (C) TOYOHASHI UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. Kyoko Hine, ...
Animal-assisted interventions positive for people’s health but more research is needed
Credit: Alex Holland The impact of animal-assisted interventions for both patients and health services could be substantial, but more rigorous ...
Scientists reveal the neural basis of confirmation bias
Fralin Biomedical Research Institute at VTC neuroscientists show why it is difficult to re-evaluate past judgmentsCredit: Virginia Tech An international ...
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