A team from Université Laval and the CERVO Brain Research Centre has demonstrated the efficacy in mice of a new […]
Research fosters communication between smart buildings and people
When it comes to buildings and their occupants, USC researchers see a failure to communicate, yet improved dialogue between the […]
Leveraging restaurant menus to combat obesity: New study suggests that calorie information should be listed first
Customers at chain restaurants throughout the United States will start to see more menus that list calorie counts for different […]
Sensitive babies become altruistic toddlers: Infants’ attention to fearful faces predicts later altruism
Our responsiveness to seeing others in distress accounts for variability in helping behavior from early in development, according to a […]
New discovery on T cell behavior has major implications for cancer immunotherapy
Scientists at the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus have discovered that disease-fighting T cells, elicited from vaccines, do not […]
Researchers identify key brain circuits for reward-seeking and avoidance behavior
Researchers have identified connections between neurons in brain systems associated with reward, stress, and emotion. Conducted in mice, the new […]
Kids stress over public acts of discrimination: Disadvantaged minorities in L.A. area show increased behavioral problems such as depression and substance use
In a sign of the times, new USC research shows that some kids stressed out over recent public acts of […]
Despite social development, gender attitudes chart different course globally: Support for equalizing gender roles rises with rates of women’s employment
In the half century since the birth of the women’s movement in the West in the 1960s, support for gender […]
Blind people depend on timing cues for some spatial awareness
It’s a popular idea in books and movies that blind people develop super sensitive hearing to help navigate the world […]
Celebrating positives improves classroom behavior and mental health
Training teachers to focus their attention on positive conduct and to avoid jumping to correct minor disruption improves child behaviour, […]