In a recent study of epilepsy patients and healthy volunteers, researchers found that our brains may withdraw some common words, like ”pig,” ”tank,” and ”door,” much more often than others, including ”cat,” ”street,” and ”stair.” By combining memory tests, brain wave recordings, and surveys of billions of words published in books, news articles and internet […]

It is well-known that victims of bullying can have higher risks of future health and social problems. However, different victims experience a broad range of responses and some may not suffer at all. Researchers felt this implied there might be factors that could protect against some consequences of bullying. In a study of over 6,000 […]

A study of pregnant women in physically demanding jobs found that their fears of confirming stereotypes about pregnant workers as incompetent, weak or less committed to their job could drive them to work extra hard, risking injury. Read Full Article (External Site) Dr. David LowemannDr. David Lowemann, M.Sc, Ph.D., is a co-founder of the Institute […]