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Neural circuits used in processing basic linguistic phrases identified
Researchers have isolated neural activity that reflects basic mechanisms used by the brain to combine elementary pieces of language in order to construct complex ideas.
Acupressure effective in helping to treat traumatic brain injury, study suggests
A new study indicates an ancient form of complementary medicine may be effective in helping to treat people with mild traumatic brain injury, a finding that may have implications for some US war veterans returning home.
Reconstruction of the Subjective Temporal Distance of Past Interpersonal Experiences After Mortality Salience
The present article examines the effect of mortality salience on the subjective temporal distance of past experiences with close friends. Since mortality salience motivates relational strivings, it should also affect the perception of past interpersonal experiences that influence the anticipation of future closeness and continuity of the friendship. Three studies were conducted with a total ...
Self-Verification as a Mediator of Mothers’ Self-Fulfilling Effects on Adolescents’ Educational Attainment
This research examined whether self-verification acts as a general mediational process of self-fulfilling prophecies. The authors tested this hypothesis by examining whether self-verification processes mediated self-fulfilling prophecy effects within a different context and with a different belief and a different outcome than has been used in prior research. Results of longitudinal data obtained from mothers ...
Sex differences in male and female learning revealed by gibbons
Differences in the way male and female learning has evolved have been revealed by new research into gibbons.
How homeless kids’ use of online social networks can affect sexual behavior
Use of social networking websites by homeless youth can lead to an increase in risky sexual behaviors. But interestingly, homeless kids who used these sites were also more likely to have been tested for sexually transmitted infections and to be better informed about preventing such infections and HIV.
Certain parts of the brain activated in people who heard tailored health messages and quit smoking
People who demonstrated a stronger brain response to certain brain regions when receiving individually tailored smoking cessation messages were more likely to quit smoking four months after, a new study found.
An Alzheimer’s vaccine in a nasal spray?
Scientists are working on a nasal vaccine that repairs vascular damage in the brain caused by stroke, restoring cognitive impairment and preventing brain tissue damage. In early pre-clinical studies, results show that it also has a prophylactic effect against many strokes associated with Alzheimer's.
No autism epidemic, Norwegian study suggests
Much of the increase in the number of children diagnosed with autism is the result of new research methods and the application of a broader set of diagnosis criteria, new research from Norway suggests. These changes have widened the range of people diagnosed with the disorder.
Tweeting Teenage Songbirds Reveal Impact Of Social Cues On Learning
In a finding that once again displays the power of the female, UCSF neuroscientists have discovered that teenage male songbirds, still working to perfect their song, improve their performance in the presence of a female bird...