Imagine a busy restaurant: dishes clattering, music playing, people talking loudly over one another. It’s a wonder that anyone in that kind of environment can focus enough to have a conversation. A new study provides some of the most detailed insights yet into the brain mechanisms that help people pay attention amid such distraction, as […]

Proveedores de salud y expertos en adicciones advierten que una iniciativa en California, que ayuda a pacientes con trastorno por consumo de sustancias a iniciar tratamientos de largo plazo luego de recibir el alta de salas de emergencias, tiene una estructura de financiamiento inestable, por lo que algunos empleados críticos ya han renunciado. Los partidarios […]

Scientists are taking a more detailed look at how children’s language development is influenced by the number of people in their households, evaluating the impact of the adult-to-child ratio within each residence. American demographics have shifted significantly in the last 40 years, with many more children living in homes with extended families. Greater household density […]