How play can make you more innovative and productive at work
At first glance, the MIT programmers may have looked like just a bunch of gamers goofing off, as they fired spaceship torpedoes in a video game they built. (more…)
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Sleep makes our memories more accessible, study shows
Sleeping not only protects memories from being forgotten, it also makes them easier to access, according to new research from the University of Exeter and the Basque Centre for Cognition, Brain and Language. (more…)
What sounds make us feel safe in public?
ANN ARBOR — Rationally speaking, most people know that random, violent crime is rare. But that doesn’t keep them from getting the creeps when they walk through a parking structure or other public place that’s not well-lit or crowded. (more…)
How patients make medical decisions
ANN ARBOR — Sooner or later, everyone faces decisions about whether or not to have surgery, take a new medication or have a cancer-screening test.
A new University of Michigan study published in Health Expectations explores the costs and benefits patients say are important in making these kinds of medical decisions, and how those costs and benefits explain what they actually decide to do. (more…)