Lydia Denworth
‘Eye contact does not elicit synchrony; it disrupts it’: Prolonged eye contact during conversations can block connection
Making eye contact has long been conceived as acting like a cohesive glue, connecting an individual to the person with ...
Republican vs Democrat brains: Either ideology shapes the brain or brain structure drives our political views
On the whole, the research shows, conservatives desire security, predictability and authority more than liberals do, and liberals are more ...
‘Every sneeze, kiss, or slap on the back could be part of a larger story’: How the microbiome affects our social lives
Research confirms that who you spend time with is a powerful predictor of the microbes you carry. But these tiny ...
Dementia patients often have lucid moments. Can these ‘awakenings’ help us treat Alzheimer’s and other diseases?
An elderly woman suffering from late-stage Alzheimer’s disease had neither talked to nor reacted to any of her family members ...
Understanding autism’s broad spectrum can ‘save’ family relationships
That half of the family is on the spectrum and half not makes the Wiesenthals interesting to Molly Losh, director of ...
Brain sync studies could lead to better connections between patients and therapists
A growing cadre of neuroscientists is using sophisticated technology ... to capture what happens in one brain, two brains, or ...
Hearing loss linked to single mutation might be treatable with gene editing
When David Liu first heard about a strain of mouse from his colleague Zheng-Yi Chen, he got excited. The mice ...
