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Kids Understand the Relationship Between Humans And Other Animals
Parents, educators and developmental psychologists have long been interested in how children understand the relationship between human and non-human animals. The consensus was that as children begin reasoning about the biological world, they adopt only...
New York City Security May be Underfunded
Budget allocation models developed at Northwestern University suggest that New York City appears underfunded for protection against terrorist threats. The study also shows Chicago as underfunded while Los Angeles appears overfunded. The researchers found...
Talk to Your Babies
Northwestern University researchers have found that even before infants begin to speak, words play an important role in their cognition. For 3-month-old infants, words influence performance in a cognitive task in a way that goes beyond the influence of...
New Research Shows Clean Smells Help Unconsciously Promote Moral Behavior
According to a soon-to-be published study led by a Brigham Young University professor, people are unconsciously fairer and more generous when they are in clean-smelling environments.
Neural Pathway May be Missing in Tone-deaf People
Nerve fibers that link perception and motor regions of the brain are disconnected in tone-deaf people, according to new research in the August 19 issue of The Journal of Neuroscience. Experts estimate that at least 10 percent of the population may be...
Fading Sense of Smell May Indicate Onset of Parkinson’s Disease
Many individuals with Parkinson’s disease are able to recall losing their sense of smell well before the onset of more commonly recognized symptoms such as tremors, impaired dexterity, speech problems, memory loss and decreased cognitive ability.
