Month: May 2018

Consumer sleep technology is no substitute for medical evaluation

Consumer sleep technology must be cleared by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and rigorously tested if it is intended to diagnose or treat sleep disorders, according to a position statement from the American Academy of Sleep Medicine. Read Full Article (External Site) Dr. David LowemannDr. David Lowemann, M.Sc, Ph.D., is a co-founder of the […]

Published on May 14, 2018

Nouns slow down our speech

Speakers hesitate or make brief pauses filled with sounds like ‘uh’ or ‘uhm’ mostly before nouns. Such slow-down effects are far less frequent before verbs, as researchers working together with an international team have now discovered by looking at examples from different languages. Read Full Article (External Site) Dr. David LowemannDr. David Lowemann, M.Sc, Ph.D., […]

Published on May 14, 2018

Minority children develop implicit racial bias in early childhood

New research suggests that minority children as young as six years old show an implicit pro-White racial bias when exposed to images of both White and Black children. But how ingrained these biases become and whether they persist into late childhood and adulthood might depend on their social environment. Read Full Article (External Site) Dr. […]

Published on May 14, 2018