Calorie-dense junk foods are almost twice as distracting as healthy foods, study finds
Even when people are hard at work, pictures of cookies, pizza and ice cream can distract them — and these…
Author Johns Hopkins University
Scientists find brain training exercise that boosts memory and attention
One of the two brain-training methods most scientists use in research is significantly better in improving memory and attention, Johns…
Loss of spouse or partner to suicide linked to physical, mental disorders
People who lose a partner to suicide are at increased risk for a number of mental and physical disorders, including…
Rapid blood pressure drops in middle age linked to dementia in old age
Middle-aged people who experience temporary blood pressure drops that often cause dizziness upon standing up may be at an increased…
Scientists make a key discovery about human memory
As Superman flies over the city, people on the ground famously suppose they see a bird, then a plane, and…
Many patients receive prescription opioids during treatment for opioid addiction
More than two in five people receiving buprenorphine, a drug commonly used to treat opioid addiction, are also given prescriptions…
Same-sex marriage legalization linked to reduction in suicide attempts among teens
The implementation of state laws legalizing same-sex marriage was associated with a significant reduction in the rate of suicide attempts…
Study identifies molecular signal for maintaining adult neuron
Humans and other vertebrates depend on a portion of the brain called the hippocampus for learning, memory and their sense…
Depression rates growing among US adolescents — particularly girls
The rate of adolescents reporting a recent bout of clinical depression grew by 37 percent over the decade ending in…
Cognitive scientists find the brain’s ‘physics engine’
Whether or not they aced the subject in high school, human beings are physics masters when it comes to understanding…
What free will looks like in the brain
Johns Hopkins University researchers are the first to glimpse the human brain making a purely voluntary decision to act. Unlike…
How a woman with amnesia defies conventional wisdom about memory
She no longer recognizes a Van Gogh, but can tell you how to prepare a watercolor palette. She can’t recall…
A simple numbers game seems to make kids better at math
Although math skills are considered notoriously hard to improve, Johns Hopkins University researchers boosted kindergarteners’ arithmetic performance simply by exercising…
How the Great Recession weighed on children
Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health researchers have found that increases in unemployment in California during the Great Recession…
Researchers find what could be brain’s trigger for binge behavior
Rats that responded to cues for sugar with the speed and excitement of binge-eaters were less motivated for the treat…