Is Your Brain Asleep?
6/10/2011A recent study at the University of Wisconsin-Madison has shown that groups of neurons in the brain may actually go...
Read MoreGenes and Depression, Again
6/7/2011New research, reviewing 54 previous studies, concludes that, in fact, there is a depression gene after all. An article published...
Read MoreTeens and Alcohol Don’t Mix
6/4/2011There is a recent study, which took place at the University of Minnesota in Minneapolis, that found that the teenagers who...
Read MoreAlternative Medicine is Valid
5/30/2011The May 19th issue of The Economist ran TWO stories debunking alternative medicine. The first story carried a subheading that read,...
Read MoreFriendship Leads to Longer Life
5/28/2011Researchers from Tel Aviv University in Israel recently reported that after following 820 adults over a 20-year period, it became...
Read MoreFriendships At Work
5/27/2011Researchers from Tel Aviv University in Israel recently reported that after following 820 adults over a 20-year period, it became...
Read MoreThe Health Risks of Loneliness
5/26/2011A recent study at Brigham Young University in Provo, Utah, found that people who are lonely are more disposed to...
Read MoreForeign Accent Syndrome
5/17/2011Foreign Accent Syndrome (FAS) affects less than 100 people worldwide, but even so, it's disturbing enough to those who have...
Read MoreSpontaneous Foreign Accent
5/13/2011“FAS is a speech disorder that causes a sudden change to speech so that a native speaker is perceived to...
Read MoreHearing Impairment and Dementia
4/19/2011Scientists at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, Maryland have shown that the worse a person's untreated hearing impairment is, the...
Read MoreFacebook’s Effects on Self-Esteem
3/26/2011New research conducted at Cornell University shows that Facebook can actually improve your self-esteem…possibly. However, it is pretty hard to imagine...
Read MoreA Drink a Day May Keep Dementia Away
3/22/2011Participants in a recent study who regularly drank alcohol had, overall, a 29 percent lower incidence of dementia and a 42...
Read MoreReal Life Contact with Humans on the Wane
3/10/2011A UK study has found a 40 percent increase in men who no longer want to have sex with their...
Read MoreMusic to More than the Ears
3/8/2011A recent study from scientists at McGill University in Montreal, Canada shows that music affects the brain chemistry the same...
Read MoreTechnology vs Human Intimacy
3/4/2011Observational studies from an article in New York Magazine entitled “He’s Just Not That Into Anyone,” author Davy Rothbart cites...
Read MoreMeditation VS Medication
2/24/2011Mindfulness meditation is especially effective for people suffering from mood problems like generalized anxiety disorder and recurring depression. It also...
Read MoreMathematical Brain Therapy
2/1/2011In a recent study at Oxford University in England, researchers discovered that by directing a minute electrical current to a...
Read MoreHyper-texting Hell
1/27/2011According to recent research done at the Case Western Reserve School of Medicine in Cleveland, Ohio, those teenagers who spend...
Read MoreThe Downside of Daydreaming
1/15/2011According to a recent study, people spend close to half of their waking hours occupying their thoughts with anything but...
Read MoreThe Smoking-Dementia Connection
12/21/2010Research has established a link between smoking and the development of dementia in later years.
Read MoreBirth Order Studies
12/18/2010Studies show that the oldest child in a family typically scores higher on IQ tests than the children born after...
Read MorePolitics in the Genes
12/14/2010Recent research shows there is definitely a genetic factor to political leanings.
Read MoreSibling Rankings & IQ Factors
12/13/2010Studies show that the oldest child in a family typically scores higher on IQ tests than the children born after...
Read MoreTeen Binge Drinking Depression
11/27/2010A recent study has found that teen drinking increases vulnerability to mood disorders such as depression and anxiety later in...
Read MoreExercise Builds Your Brain
11/23/2010The latest research out of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, shows that brain circuitry is improved by exercise.
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