Summary: A new University of California study challenges the long-held belief that skilled emigration harms developing countries. The researchers show that when people in lower-income countries gain opportunities to work in higher-income destinations such as the United States, those prospects often stimulate greater investment in education and training at home, strengthen cross-border economic ties, and … Read more

Summary: A UCSF study finds that children with dyslexia exhibit stronger emotional reactivity than peers without dyslexia. Higher emotional responses were associated with increased connectivity in the brain’s salience network, a circuit involved in emotion generation and self-awareness. Source: UCSF A collaborative study by neuroscientists at the UCSF Dyslexia Center and the UCSF Memory and … Read more

Summary: Researchers at the University of Massachusetts Amherst report that daytime naps combined with subsequent overnight sleep can work together to strengthen emotional memory consolidation in young children. Source: University of Massachusetts Amherst Researchers at the University of Massachusetts Amherst have provided the first evidence that naps and overnight sleep interact to support memory consolidation … Read more

Summary: Boys who show inattention and hyperactivity around age 10 are at higher risk for traumatic brain injury (TBI) in adolescence and adulthood. Source: McGill University Overview McGill-led research has found that boys identified by teachers as exhibiting inattention‑hyperactivity at age 10 face an increased risk of sustaining traumatic brain injuries (TBIs) later in life. … Read more

As I write, my dog is stretched out beside me, softly snoring. He is a companion, a colleague of sorts, a friend, and a member of the family. He may ignore many commands and eat things he shouldn’t, but he is dearly loved and an excellent listener. Often exuberant, he becomes gentle and calm when … Read more

Summary: A new study finds that human crowd movement is most accurately predicted by a visual neighborhood model, which bases each person’s responses on what they actually see in their visual field. Researchers tested human responses in both real and virtual crowd settings and report that a model grounded in visual information outperformed other common … Read more

New research from the University of Toronto Mississauga identifies the GRK2 protein as a key regulator of the body’s circadian clock and highlights potential directions for treating jet lag and fatigue from shift work. The study, published in Cell Reports, was led by Hai-Ying M. Cheng of the Department of Biology with graduate students Neel … Read more

Counseling has guided people toward insight and coping since the early 20th century. As its use has grown, it’s essential that counselors rely on research-based practices that support healthy adjustment and meaningful outcomes for clients. Researchers have identified core counselor behaviors that undermine effectiveness. This article summarizes the most common mistakes therapists make across settings … Read more

Summary: Stacey A. Bedwell examines why women remain underrepresented in neuroscience. Source: Nottingham Trent University. Women have long been underrepresented across the sciences, and neuroscience is no exception. In UK institutions only about one third of senior academic staff are female. While the proportion of female professors has risen somewhat in recent years—22% in 2014 … Read more

The Erk protein has been identified as a critical regulator of myelination in the peripheral nervous system. In a study from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, researchers found that ERK signaling is essential for Schwann cells to form the insulating myelin sheath that enables rapid nerve impulse conduction between the brain and … Read more