A world-leading research collaboration in South Australia has delivered crucial insight into the lasting immune system dysregulation caused by COVID-19. […]
Maternal anxiety affects the fetal brain
Anxiety in gestating mothers appears to affect the course of brain development in their fetuses, changing neural connectivity in the […]
Research quantifies how much speakers’ first language affects learning a new language
Language research has documented that people tend to draw inferences about speakers based on how they talk. These often implicit […]
Research reveals how personality affects susceptibility to persuasion
Researchers at Edge Hill University in England have helped identify personality traits which make people more (or less) susceptible to […]
How domestic violence affects women’s mental health
Every week in Australia, a woman is murdered by someone she knows. And it’s usually an intimate male partner or […]
Childhood trauma affects brain and increases risk of substance use in adolescence, study finds
A new study led by FIU researchers at the Center for Children and Families found that traumatic childhood experiences like […]
ALS Affects the Mind, Not Just the Body
THURSDAY, Sept. 13, 2018 — The minds of patients suffering from amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) are damaged by the disease, […]
How exercise affects metabolic hormones
The research has deepened our understanding of how different forms of exercise affect the body. A significant finding is that […]
Caffeine affects food intake at breakfast, but its effect is limited and transient
A new study featured in the Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics found that after drinking a small […]