The use of 12 tone intervals in the music of many human cultures is rooted in the physics of how our vocal anatomy produces speech, according to researchers at the Duke University Center for Cognitive Neuroscience.
Alcoholics tend to have poorer neurocognitive functioning, including decision-making capabilities. A new study has found that binge drinking, common among college students, is associated with impaired decision making.
The results of numeracy and literacy tests for seven-year-old children can be predicted by measuring the length of their fingers, shows new research.
Research at the University of Arkansas shows that a year after major food companies announced new advertising policies to combat childhood obesity, there have been no significant changes in television food advertisements that children view.
Two genes important for human development and implicated in cancer and schizophrenia also help keep a healthy balance between excitation and inhibition of brain cells, researchers say.
In people with mild cognitive impairment, up to one drink of alcohol a day may slow their progression to dementia, according to a study published in the May 22, 2007, issue of Neurology?, the scientific journal of the American Academy of Neurology.
Two professors from the University of Miami Department of Psychology will present at the 19th annual Association for Psychological Science Convention, in Washington, D.C., May 24-27, 2007. Professor Charles S. Carver, Ph.D., and Assistant Professor Jutta Joormann, Ph.D., will both present their research during the national convention.
Anyone who has experienced chronic pain knows that it affects the ability to work, sleep and perform other activities essential to leading a full life.
When it comes to estimating the intelligence of various animal species, it may be as simple measuring overall brain size. In fact, making corrections for a species’ body size may be a mistake.
UT Southwestern Medical Center has joined a national clinical trial to identify the long-term health effects of West Nile virus infection and to learn more about the disease’s progression, symptoms and mortality.