A new study suggests that athletes who suffer head impacts during contact sports, such as football or hockey, may see a decrease in the ability to acquire new information. The study involved college athletes at three Division I schools, comparing 214 athletes in contact sports to 45 athletes in non-contact sports such as track, crew, [...]
Texting is a surprisingly good way to get candid responses to sensitive questions, according to a new study. “The preliminary results of our study suggest that people are more likely to disclose sensitive information via text messages than in voice interviews,” said Fred Conrad, Ph.D., a cognitive psychologist and director of the program in survey [...]
Individuals with dementia are more likely to be living at home when they pass away rather than in a nursing home, according to new research from the Regenstrief Institute and Indiana University. This contradicts the widely held view that most people with dementia in the United States eventually live and die in nursing homes. This [...]
Researchers have created a test that is able to predict whether a person is at a higher or lower risk of schizophrenia. Led by scientists at Indiana University, the research team identified a group of genes most associated with schizophrenia. Using a functional genomics approach that incorporates a number of experimental techniques, the scientists were [...]
Female terrorists share many similarities with male terrorists in that they are likely to be educated, employed, and native residents of the country where they commit a terrorist act, according to new research published by the American Psychological Association. The latest findings contradict stereotypes presented in previous studies that describe female terrorists as socially isolated [...]
When deciding who we can trust with our money, we rely more on looks than any other information, according to new research. After researchers from Warwick Business School, the University College London and Dartmouth College carried out a series of experiments to see if people made decisions to trust others based on their faces, they [...]
Having a purpose may be the best way to prevent Alzheimer’s disease and treat those already affected. By working toward a goal each day and performing fulfilling, cognitively stimulating tasks, individuals can train their brains to retain memories instead of lose them. What is a Purpose in Life? There have been numerous studies conducted on [...]
Researchers at the University of Chicago have uncovered a link between a metabolic byproduct and brain activity that could result in new treatments for anxiety and other psychiatric disorders. While testing the role of a gene called Glo1 in anxiety, scientists uncovered a new inhibitory factor in the brain: the metabolic byproduct methylglyoxal (MG). The [...]
A new study out of the University of California-Los Angeles shows that a high-fructose diet sabotages learning and memory in rats. The study, published in the Journal of Physiology, also shows how omega-3 fatty acids can counteract that sabotage. “Our findings illustrate that what you eat affects how you think,” said Dr. Fernando Gomez-Pinilla, a professor [...]
About 1.1 million adults in the U.S. — or 3.6 percent of the nation’s adult population — are prone to sleepwalking, according to new research from the Stanford University School of Medicine. The research also showed an association between sleepwalking and psychiatric disorders, such as depression and anxiety. The study “underscores that fact that sleepwalking [...]
