A UC Santa Barbara researcher studying how the brain uses perception of the environment to guide action has a new understanding of the neural circuits responsible for transforming sensation into movement.
"Mapping perception to a future action seems simple," UCSB...
Menu selections with corresponding color-coded calorie labels.Credit: Penn Medicine
Imagine you're ordering lunch from your favorite online delivery spot, and just before submitting your order, you notice that the club sandwich in your cart is marked with a red stop...
For the first time, scientists have identified the brain pathway that links a positive attitude toward math to achievement in the subject.
In a study of elementary school students, researchers at the Stanford University School of Medicine found that having...
Cluttered and chaotic environments can cause stress, which can lead us to grab more of the indulgent snacks -- twice as many cookies according to this new study! Credit: Daniel Miller
Cluttered and chaotic environments can cause stress, which can...
new research from Duke University suggests the Oxytocin may also support spirituality. Credit: © wiertz / Flickr
'Love hormone' gives greater sense of spirituality than a placebo
Oxytocin has been dubbed the "love hormone" for its role promoting social bonding, altruism...
The experimental setup. (A) Outside view of the Cave Automatic Virtual Environment (CAVE) device during experimentation. (B) Third-person perspective on the forest glade and the two bridge piers with the plank. (C) First-person perspective in the height context. (D)...
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New research finds that competition pushes people to exercise far better than friendly support
Imagine you're a CEO trying to get your employees to exercise. Most health incentive programs have an array of tools -- pamphlets, websites, pedometers,...
Liam Satchell with a participant.Credit: Image courtesy of University of Portsmouth
The way people walk can give clues to how aggressive they are, a new exploratory study from the University of Portsmouth has found.
The researchers from the Department of Psychology...
Woman with newborn baby.
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The amount of close and comforting contact between infants and their caregivers can affect children at the molecular level, an effect detectable four years later, according to new research from the University...
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We use others' eyes - whether they're widened or narrowed - to infer emotional states, and the inferences we make align with the optical function of those expressions, according to new research published in Psychological...
Golden retriever puppy. Do you think of puppies and bunnies when you think of your spouse?
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One of the well-known challenges of marriage is keeping the passion alive after years of partnership, as passions tend...
