Better ‘Mind Reading’ Skills Linked to Enhanced Cooperation

Summary: A new study reveals that individuals with stronger ‘mindreading’ abilities, or the capacity to understand others’ feelings and intentions, are more successful in cooperative tasks. This trait, also known…

Aggression Is A Result of Self-Control, Not Lack Thereof

Summary: A new study contests the belief that aggression stems from poor self-control. Instead, it suggests that aggression is often a deliberate, controlled act, inflicted to maximize retribution. This finding,…

Eyeing Fear: Neurons That Drive Visual Aversion Uncovered

Summary: Scientists have unearthed a cluster of neurons, which control our urge to avert our gaze from frightening situations. The team studied fruit fly brains and found these neurons release…

Michael P. Moore – Functional Ecologists

Current Institution: University of Colorado Denver, USA Research interests: I study how physiology and ontogeny limit the ways that organisms adapt to their environments. I am especially interested in using…

Explore the past, present and future of ‘Eight Bears’

Eight BearsGloria DickieW.W. Norton & Co., $30 Bears have long been considered family. “Stories of a familial bear exist in almost every human culture that shares territory with the animal,”…

Conceptual Linking: How Pain Avoidance Can Spread to Safe Activities

Summary: Avoiding activities associated with past pain can cause individuals to shun related tasks that might be painless. This avoidance may generalize to safe activities, leading to needless abstention from…

GLP podcast and video: Why so many nutrition studies are wrong; Steve Kirsch—tech entrepreneur turned anti-vaccine guru; Confidence makes you seem smarter

Much of the nutrition research that attracts media attention is deeply flawed. A new study explains why. Silicon Valley tech guru Steve Kirsch went from obscure entrepreneur to anti-vaccine celebrity.…

Brain Barrier Inflammation: A Stealthy Contributor to Multiple Sclerosis

Summary: A study in mice reveals that inflammation in the brain’s barrier, or the meninges, may seep into grey matter, fostering the progression of multiple sclerosis (MS). Utilizing novel methods,…

Brain’s Melody and Prose: How Music and Language Affect Different Regions

Summary: A recent study reveals how different brain areas are activated when processing music and language. Using direct brain recordings during an awake craniotomy, the researchers observed shared temporal lobe…

Master Your Breath, Master Your Health: The Transformative Power of Controlled Breathing

Summary: Breathing, an autonomous function, also possesses a feature unique to a few bodily activities: we can control it. According to research, controlled breathing stimulates the nervous and cardiovascular systems,…