18 Mar Mental and Cognitive Performance in the Cold
Depending where you live, winter months may be filled with snow, ice, and sleet. With low temperatures and less daylight, the winter months can impact how we feel and how we think. What is less...
04 Mar How do different environmental conditions impact cognition?
In everyday life, we experience changes in temperature and altitude. Depending on what jobs or hobbies we have, we may be exposed to extreme environmental conditions, such as high altitude. Depending on what environmental conditions...
25 Feb How Does Mathematics Anxiety Impair Mathematical Abilities?
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Society requires us to have adequate ability to perform mathematical calculations. Life events, such as buying a home or even comparing prices of items within a store, require working knowledge of mathematics. In childhood, many...
18 Feb 4 Movies That Touch Upon Cognition & The Brain
Movies are often used as an escape from reality. They let us slip away for an hour or two, forgetting about the rest of the world around us. But what if movies teach us valuable...
11 Feb How Depression Can Turn You Into A Burrito & What You Can Do About It
We have all experienced depression at some point in our lives. Depression is the “common cold” of mental illnesses, as many people experience depression for various reasons. Depression can be caused by experiencing challenging situations...
31 Jan Can Eating Yogurt Prevent Dementia In The Future?
It might be time to hit the dairy aisle next time you go grocery shopping! Yogurt has always been known as a healthy food that should be included in our everyday diets. It is rich...
28 Jan How Headaches Impact Cognition
We’ve all experienced a headache at some point in our lives. Other than experiencing headaches when we are sick, some people may have a medical condition that causes them to have chronic headaches. Headaches may...
21 Jan Elevated Social Internet Use and Schizotypal Personality Disorder in Adolescents
Youth with psychological disorders may rely on the internet for social interaction. For clinical populations of youth, the internet may provide a safe haven for social interaction as youth with psychological disorders may be subject...
29 Dec How Do We Recognize Faces?
We look at thousands of faces everyday, either in real life, through the internet, or on apps such as Instagram. Faces are special, in that we process them differently than we do everyday objects. Facial...