Psychology & Psychiatry

A novel neural explanation for choking under pressure

Every professional who functions at a high level of performance knows the value of keeping things loose during harrowing tasks. Choking under pressure, or being unable to perform to one's highest standard when it matters ...

Vaccination

A new type of RNA could enhance vaccines and cancer treatments

It all started in the lab. Two Boston University doctoral students, Joshua McGee and Jack Kirsch, were creating and testing different types of RNA—strands of ribonucleic acid, built from chains of chemical compounds called ...

Neuroscience

Anesthesia study unlocks clues about the nature of consciousness

For decades, one of the most fundamental and vexing questions in neuroscience has been: What is the physical basis of consciousness in the brain? Most researchers favor classical models, based on classical physics, while ...

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