by | Aug 10, 2023 | Research Articles
King’s College London researchers investigated how COVID-19 impacted cognitive function in individuals through two rounds of online testing. The tests, one in 2021 and the next in 2022, had tasks that measured participants’ memory, attention, reasoning,...
by | Aug 5, 2023 | Research Articles
The psychology department at UC Berkeley is doing research to better understand the influence of goal-oriented incentives on human decision-making. Over 1,000 individuals’ data was collected for the study, which was led by Professor Anne Collins and...
by | Jul 27, 2023 | Research Articles
Mindfulness: “the awareness that emerges through paying attention on purpose, in the present moment, and nonjudgmentally to the unfolding of experience moment by moment.” A University of Cambridge study discovered that persons who participate in...
by | Jul 21, 2023 | Research Articles
“As a psychology researcher, I often get asked if I can read minds and while this is often said to me as a joke, humans do have mind reading abilities. Our study shows that these qualities are clearly important in activities that require cooperation.”...
by | Jul 11, 2023 | Research Articles
Naps have shown in previous studies to benefit the brain, with nappers scoring better on cognitive tests hours later when compared to non-nappers. The purpose of the current study, from researchers at UCL and the University of the Republic, was to determine...
by | Jul 5, 2023 | Research Articles
Through brain imaging, researchers have discovered that there are distinct variations in the brain’s pain-related wave patterns. Known as “gamma oscillations,” these brief waves are thought to reflect how the brain experiences pain,...
