Study links Facebook use to reduced gray matter volume in the nucleus accumbens
People who frequently check Facebook on their smartphone tend to have less gray matter in a reward-related area of the brain, according to new research. “Smartphones, Facebook – in short the digital...
View ArticleStudy finds a higher sensitivity to sweet and salty tastes among obese...
Researchers from the Max Planck Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences and the German Institute of Human Nutrition have found a link between taste perception and body mass index. “Our...
View ArticleNeuroimaging study finds intolerance of uncertainty is linked to an enlarged...
People who struggle with the ambiguity of the future tend to have a larger striatum, according to new neuroimaging research published in the journal Emotion. The study found people who had difficulty...
View ArticleVR study reveals how your brain manipulates your visual perception when you...
New research provides evidence that the brain actively suppresses visual perception in the area of the visual field where a person’s own hand movement is predicted to occur. This manipulation of our...
View ArticleHow we learn to read another’s mind by looking into their eyes
Eyes play a prominent role in our daily social encounters and are sometimes metaphorically referred to as windows to our souls. There now is compelling evidence to support the notion that much...
View ArticleTraditional intelligence tests might underestimate the co-occurrence of...
A study recently published in the journal Intelligence suggests traditional IQ tests underestimate the co-occurrence of giftedness among children with learning disorders. Previously, children with...
View ArticlePhysical activity can improve self-controlled decision making, study finds
Preliminary research suggests that physical activity may strongly improve self-controlled decision making. The study, published in the journal Behavior Modification, examined the effect of exercise on...
View ArticlePrenatal stress appears to have different effects on male and female offspring
Maternal prenatal stress has a bigger impact on female infants compared to male infants, according to a study recently published in Physiology & Behavior. Scientists believe that unstable maternal...
View ArticleStudy of 15,847 people worldwide uncovers sex differences in the asymmetry of...
There are age and sex related differences in the asymmetry of major brain structures, according to a study recently published in Brain Imaging and Behavior. Human functions such as language, cognition...
View ArticleEEG study finds the human brain is deeply sexist when it comes to processing...
New neuroscience research suggests that gender stereotypes are deeply rooted in the brain. “Our study was aimed at investigating the neural bases of social cognition, which regulates our behavior and...
View ArticleStimulating area of the brain can reduce aggressive behavior elicited by...
A specific type of brain stimulation has been found to reduce unprovoked aggression that results from playing violent video games, according to a study recently published in Cognitive, Affective and...
View ArticleIntensive smartphone use may be harmful to our cognitive capabilities, study...
A new study published in the journal PLOS One provides preliminary evidence that smartphones are linked to reduced cognitive abilities. The researchers found intensive smartphone use was associated...
View ArticleClassical and Jazz musicians show different brain responses to unexpected...
Scientists at Wesleyan University have used electroencephalography to uncover differences in how the brains of Classical and Jazz musicians react to an unexpected chord progression. Their new study,...
View ArticleStudy suggests dancers have an enhanced ‘sixth sense’
Dance training may enhance our “sixth sense.” According to new research, dancers tend to be better than non-dancers at perceiving signals from within their body. The preliminary study, published in...
View ArticleStudy finds no sex differences in attentional bias to threat
A new study suggests that sex differences in fear are not the result of differences in attention to threat. The study, which was published in the journal Personality and Individual Differences,...
View Article‘Fake news’ study finds incorrect information can’t be corrected simply by...
New research suggests that higher intelligence can act as a buffer against fake news. The study, published in the scientific journal Intelligence, found that some people are better at revising their...
View ArticleStudy suggests ‘sugar coma’ is real — glucose ingestion leads to worse...
Scientists in New Zealand have found preliminary evidence that simple sugars like glucose can impair cognitive performance. Their double-blind, placebo-controlled study found that glucose-containing...
View ArticleStudy suggests collectivism is associated with particular pattern of brain...
Brain scientists in Russia have found preliminary evidence that collectivism is associated with a unique pattern of brain connectivity. “Cultural attitudes are mostly acquired during childhood and...
View ArticleFake ‘God Helmet’ can elicit extraordinary experiences — especially among...
Some people report “extraordinary experiences” after wearing a skateboarding helmet with inactive wires attached to it — particularly those who describe themselves as spiritual. That’s according to a...
View ArticleSocial norms elicit activity in distinct brain regions
Social norms elicit activity in distinct brain regions, according to a meta-analytic study published in the journal Human Brain Mapping. “My research interests are social norms and mechanisms of its...
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