Video Games Help Explain How We Learn

Video Games Help Explain How We Learn

In a new Cerebral Cortex study, researchers say they can predict a person's performance on a video game simply by measuring the volume of specific structures in their brain. The authors found that…
On The Trail Of Herschel's Cosmic Cat: NGC 6334

On The Trail Of Herschel's Cosmic Cat: NGC 6334

The European Southern Observatory (ESO) has just released a new image of NGC 6334, an emission nebula discovered by astronomer John Herschel in 1837 and dubbed the Cat's Paw Nebula.  This new…
Neuroscience In The Courtroom

Neuroscience In The Courtroom

In a new article published in WIREs Congnitive Science, researchers from Duke University and the NIH suggest that the latest cognitive science research has the potential to fundamentally change how…
AAS day two

AAS day two

Tuesday, 5 January 2010 There are several ways to spot an exoplanet.  The two most common are the radial velocity and transit techniques.  Radial velocity measurements detect changes in the…
Too Many Choices? Not So Fast, Psychologists Say

Too Many Choices? Not So Fast, Psychologists Say

Some pyschologists suggests that too many choices can negatively impact our health. But a meta-analysis of 50 published and unpublished experiments that investigated choice overload  found that…