Researchers Reveal Why People Seek Fear in Haunted Houses
Summary: A haunted-house experiment finds that a “just right” level of fear—enough to raise heart rate but not overwhelm—maximizes enjoyment. Source: APS…
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Practice Makes Perfect: How to Improve Your Skills Faster
Summary: Neuroscientists show that the familiar idea of “practice makes perfect” has a measurable neural basis. When a male zebra finch sings…
Third-Person View Makes People Rate Their Bodies More Attractive
Summary: A virtual reality study finds people tend to judge their bodies more harshly from a first-person view, and see themselves as…
How to Build a Digital Brain Model
For a decade, the Blue Brain Project at the École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) has pursued a bold engineering approach to…
How a Single Gene Mutation Can Cause Lupus
Summary: Researchers report that defects in the Ets1 gene are linked to immune changes characteristic of systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). Source: Institute…
Breastfeeding While on Bipolar Medication: Risks and Guidance
Summary: Research on lithium exposure through breast milk is limited and often methodologically weak, according to a new systematic review. Until stronger…
New Regulator Halts Protein Aggregates in Huntington’s Disease
Huntington’s disease (HD) is a progressive neurodegenerative disorder marked by the accumulation of abnormal huntingtin protein aggregates in the brain. A new…
Balance Training Improves Mobility in Multiple Sclerosis
Summary: A controlled trial published in Neurology suggests that a targeted program of balance and eye-movement exercises can reduce balance impairment and…
How Brain Structure Changes Affect Cognition
Summary: A neuroimaging study links age-related decline in specific white matter circuits to reduced efficiency of executive function in older adults. Source:…
Why We Cannot Recognize Our Own Conspiracy Beliefs
Summary: A recent study from the University of Illinois Chicago indicates that many people struggle to recognize their own beliefs as conspiracy…
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