Time to take laughter seriously
While people the world over enjoy a good laugh, remarkably little is known about this instinctive behaviour.
Jun 15, 2023
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While people the world over enjoy a good laugh, remarkably little is known about this instinctive behaviour.
Jun 15, 2023
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Cognitive deficits accompany mood disorders and other psychiatric conditions, often with debilitating effects. Limited treatments currently exist, but studies in animals and humans have pointed to drugs such as the laxative ...
Jun 13, 2023
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The senses represent our gates to receive information from the environment, but not all of them are always available for everyone, as in the case of blind or deaf people. Researchers know today quite well that the brain has ...
May 11, 2023
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Throughout our lives, our experiences shape how we view ourselves and the world around us. These views, known in psychology as schemas, can negatively impact our mental health and be difficult to change.
May 10, 2023
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A new study in Biological Psychiatry: Cognitive Neuroscience and Neuroimaging, identifies a therapeutic tool focused on emotional awareness that increased activation and connectivity of an emotion-regulating center in the ...
Apr 17, 2023
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The word "permacrisis" was selected as the word of the year for 2022, referring to a feeling of being permanently in crisis. The business world has certainly faced continuous and increasingly frequent disruptions over the ...
Apr 13, 2023
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High intensity exercise (HIT) in untrained older adults had similar positive effects on oxygen uptake and blood pressure as Moderate Intensity Exercise, (MIT), despite half the exercise duration. HIT also led to a greater ...
Apr 5, 2023
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Forgetting is not always easy. If you have ever tried to erase that annoying earworm from your mind or stop thinking about whether you locked the door after leaving the house, you know how disruptive it can be to think about ...
Mar 27, 2023
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Until recently, psychologist Kalina Michalska had never used community-based participatory research, or CBPR, in her work, but now she can't imagine not using it.
Mar 17, 2023
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Neuroscience research just got a little bit easier, thanks to the release of tens of thousands of images of fruit fly brain neurons generated by Janelia's FlyLight Project Team.
Mar 1, 2023
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