The usage of mobile media devices seems to have increased in younger children as some form of digital media has also made its way into bedtime routines in the form of lullabys, bedtime stories, etc. Read More
Conventionally, we think that our attention is drawn to objects that stand out from their background. However, new research suggests that our attention is drawn to things that are meaningful rather than those that stick Read More
Complex diseases such as schizophrenia and autism do not have a clear mutational footprint due to which diagnosis becomes tricky. On the other hand, diagnosis for diseases like muscular dystrophy, Huntington’s disease, and cystic Read More
Have you ever wondered why the human head and jaw is so slender? According to a recent anthropological study, when humans moved from hunting and gathering to farming, the distinct difference in chewing requirements changed Read More
Would you push a fellow bystander in front of the train to save the lives of five people? According to research, people are more likely to do something that they have an emotional aversion to Read More
Have you caught yourself doodling in a meeting or in a lecture? According to a new study from Drexel University, Philadelphia, you might be calling out to your inner artist. Based on the small study, Read More
In a study led by study researchers at Karolinska Institutet in Sweden, it was found that the human brain is more developed at detecting diseases in others and avoiding the disease than previously thought. Combating Read More
Offering deeper insights into the mechanics of learning, researchers at the University of Texas at Austin analyzed how dynamic shifts in a person’s knowledge influence decision making. The researchers used brain decoding techniques to Read More
A team of researchers at the University of California, Santa Cruz and University of Illinois, Urbana Champaign studied the effect of Internet usage on our memory. According to them, we have come to rely heavily Read More
Researchers Robert Malenka and Boris Heifets at Stanford University have expressed the need for an in-depth study of the drug ecstasy, scientifically known as MDMA. According to the pair, the workings of the MDMA drug Read More
