William & Mary

Neuroscience

This is your brain on Christmas music

It starts with a small jump up, then back down, a major second followed by a major sixth. Sol - la - sol - mi, sol - la - sol - mi. Whether sung by Mariah Carey or Dean Martin, the four notes are instantly recognizable as ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

Ticks, landscapes and thresholds of disturbance

Clinicians are scrambling to make sense of the rising rash of ehrlichiosis infections in the United States. At William & Mary, Associate Professor of Biology Matthias Leu, a self-avowed landscape ecologist, has a thread on ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

Did the second plague pandemic reach Sub-Saharan Africa?

He has not found irrefutable evidence yet but is confident that it exists. For now, GĂ©rard Chouin continues to amass what circumstantial evidence he can for his hypothesis.

Medical research

The science of breathing

Deep breaths are the simplest foundation of any meditation or yoga practice. But what happens neurologically when you inhale through the nose and exhale through the mouth is a bit more complex.

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