What we are reading today! so who are you most like… mom or dad? “Most kids say they love their mom and dad equally, but there are times when even the best prefers one parent over the other. The same can be said for how the body’s cells treat our Read more…
Here’s what we are reading today! Baboon vocalizations “A prevalent idea on the origin of speech is that the low human larynx is required to be able to produce sets of distinct vowels, and that the high larynx of nonhuman primates prevents them from producing the vowels found across human Read more…
Heres what we are reading today! mind wandering “Most research on mind-wandering has characterized it as a mental state with contents that are task unrelated or stimulus independent. However, the dynamics of mind-wandering — how mental states change over time — have remained largely neglected. Here, we introduce a dynamic framework for understanding Read more…
Here is what we are reading today! males and females and social isolation “The findings, to be published in the journal eLife,provide further proof that strategies for coping with stress are sex-specific. They also highlight the importance of a social network for females in particular and pave the way for Read more…
Here is what we are reading today: smoking and genetics ““Our study has found compelling evidence that smoking has a long-lasting impact on our molecular machinery, an impact that can last more than 30 years,” said Roby Joehanes Ph.D. of Hebrew SeniorLife, first author and an instructor at Harvard Read more…