Program to reduce behavior problems boosts math and reading
A program aimed at reducing behavior problems in order to boost academic achievement has improved performance in math and reading...
Read moreDetailsNew research shows brain’s predictive nature when listening to others
Our brain activity is more similar to that of speakers we are listening to when we can predict what they...
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Don’t believe the hype: Flash cards and DVDs won’t teach your baby how to read
Can babies learn to read? While parents use DVDs and other media in an attempt to teach their infants to...
Read moreDetailsEducational video games can boost motivation to learn
Math video games can enhance students' motivation to learn, but it may depend on how students play, researchers at New...
Read moreDetailsEven mild stress can make it difficult to control your emotions
Even mild stress can thwart therapeutic measures to control emotions, a team of neuroscientists at New York University has found.
Read moreDetailsDoes physician verbal abuse create a bad working environment — or the reverse?
A recent study by the RN Work Project found that newly licensed registered nurses (NLRNs) who were verbally abused by...
Read moreDetailsConservatives more likely than liberals to identify mixed-race individuals as black
Conservatives are more likely than liberals to identify mixed-race individuals as Black, according to a series of new studies by...
Read moreDetailsNeuroscientists find the molecular ‘when’ and ‘where’ of memory formation
Neuroscientists from New York University and the University of California, Irvine have isolated the when and where of molecular activity...
Read moreDetailsGeneric language helps fuel stereotypes
Hearing generic language to describe a category of people, such as boys have short hair, can lead children to endorse...
Read moreDetailsLocal weather patterns affect beliefs about global warming
Local weather patterns temporarily influence people's beliefs about evidence for global warming, according to research by political scientists at New...
Read moreDetailsAesthetic appeal may have neurological link to contemplation and self-assessment
A network of brain regions which is activated during intense aesthetic experience overlaps with the brain network associated with inward...
Read moreDetailsWhat can animals’ survival instincts tell us about understanding human emotion?
Can animals' survival instincts shed additional light on what we know about human emotion?New York University neuroscientist Joseph LeDoux poses...
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