Alia Crum and colleagues argue that acting on the growing evidence about the influence of patient mindset and social context on response to healthcare can improve outcomes The current standard for…
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A growing body of research has shown that people’s mindsets have measurable physical results. People’s expectations to heal and the social context surrounding them, including their relationships with…
People are born with brains riddled with excess neural connections. Those are slowly pruned back until early childhood when, scientists thought, the brain’s structure becomes relatively stable. Now a…
With age, a person’s social circles expand, so the ability to tell people apart—a cognitively difficult task—becomes more important. New research suggests that brain areas involved in recognizing…
A comparison of kid brains and grownup brains may explain why our ability to recognize faces keeps getting better until about age 30. Brain scans of 25 adults and 22 children showed that an area…
In what might be reassuring news to many of us, psychologist Kalanit Grill-Spector , PhD, and research associate Kevin Weiner, PhD, have found evidence of our brain’s resilience.
Thirty-five graduating seniors were recognized recently for their outstanding thesis projects. They are recipients of the 2016 Firestone Medal for Excellence in Undergraduate Research, the Robert M…