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Some voices mellow with age, while others may struggle to speak. As our physical bodies change, our vocal cords are impacted, too. Do you sound…old? If you’ve noticed your voice changing as you age, you’re not alone. Vocal changes are common in aging adults—but while some voices ripen and mellow with age, others are dismayed…

A new study to be presented at the SLEEP 2024 annual meeting found a distinct relationship between sleep duration, social media usage, and brain activation across brain regions that are key for executive control and reward processing. Results show a correlation between shorter sleep duration and greater social media usage in teens. The analysis points…

Are you a responsible oldest child, an overlooked middle, or a free-wheeling baby? For those who adhere to the theory that birth order influences personality, the answer to that question may hold the key to who you are as a person. At parties, family dinners, and therapy sessions, people can use birth order as a…

Your social media presence can make or break your job search. Tapping into your network’s connections and ideas can give you an edge, but it’s critical to be savvy and maintain professionalism. So, how do you post about your job search without appearing desperate? What’s the best way to showcase your skills to ensure your contacts think…

Setting boundaries in the early stages of dating will set the tone for the rest of the relationship. Boundaries are limits and rules you set within relationships – what you want and need and what is acceptable and unacceptable to you. Even if you’ve just met someone or you’re dating on a casual basis, boundaries…

Our brains are “programmed” to learn more from people we like — and less from those we dislike. This has been shown by researchers in cognitive neuroscience in a series of experiments. Memory serves a vital function, enabling us to learn from new experiences and update existing knowledge. We learn both from individual experiences and…

Junk foods like candy and chips trigger cravings—a key feature of addiction. Experts say that the food industry applied lessons learned from Big Tobacco to ultra-processed foods. Who hasn’t had the sensation of tunneling through a large bag of potato chips or eating more donuts than intended? A growing body of evidence shows that this…

Research suggests that dopamine is the real reason why we prefer to take on bigger challenges like running marathons or tackling difficult problems at work. Whether running through the exhaustion of a marathon or idly swiping on a smartphone, we often ask ourselves, why am I doing this? In both cases, the answer is dopamine,…

Neuroscience researchers from Bochum confirm different strategies when choosing between primary and secondary rewards. The lever is impulsivity. People make decisions every day—from what to wear in the morning to what to watch on TV in the evening. But how do decisions differ when it comes to essential food and money? A neuroscientific research team…

Undertaking the majority of daily physical activity in the evening is linked to the greatest health benefits for people living with obesity, according to researchers from the University of Sydney, Australia who followed the trajectory of 30,000 people over almost eight years. Using wearable device data to categorize participant’s physical activity by morning, afternoon or…