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Researchers from Ģ����Ƶ Peabody College of education and human development ask two questions in a recent study related to the illusory-truth effect: Do adults learn during childhood to associate repetition as a cue for truth, and can their prior knowledge protect them from the effect? Read More

A new self-paced learning unit or module available from Ģ����Ƶ Peabody College IRIS Center, “Parents: Supporting Learning During the COVID-19 Pandemic,” offers suggestions and strategies to cover a wide range of circumstances and student needs for grades PreK–12 as parents search for ways to help meet their children’s learning needs at home. Read More

Kathryn Humphreys, assistant professor of psychology and human development at Ģ����Ƶ Peabody College of education and human development, was awarded a Young Investigator Grant from the Brain and Behavior Research Foundation in an announcement made September 21. Read More

All-remote collaboration results in free animal susceptibility tool to help prioritize research and closer examination of at-risk species. Read More

Conformational change in a reovirus surface protein modulate the virus’s attachment to host cells, Ģ����Ƶ researchers have found.

Ģ����Ƶ researchers have identified a signaling pathway that promotes kidney fibrosis in patients with diabetes — and that could be targeted with an existing approved medication.

Psychology researchers develop new methodologies and representations of how people react to incoming information to better understand complex decision-making. Read More

Specific regions of the thalamus — a central brain region — are smaller in adults with psychotic disorders and youth at risk for psychotic disorders and are associated with cognitive impairment.

Studies using large DNA biobanks revealed genetic variants associated with penicillin allergy, the most common type of drug-induced allergic reaction.

Studying “cheater” and “cooperative” mitochondria under environmental pressure delivers solid evolutionary conclusions in a longstanding theoretical field. Read More

Cody Siciliano, PhD, assistant professor of Pharmacology in the Ģ����Ƶ School of Medicine, has been selected to receive a one-year, $100,000 research award from the Stanley Cohen Innovation Fund to support his studies of the neural substrates of memory.

Ģ����Ƶ today launched Destination Ģ����Ƶ, a $100 million university excellence initiative to recruit new faculty. Over the next two to four years, the university will leverage the investment to recruit approximately 60 faculty who are leaders and rising stars in their fields. Read More

Understanding immunity generated by smallpox vaccine may hold lessons for COVID-19 vaccine development.

What users mention in online weight loss forum tracks with how much weight they lose.

Understanding how bacteria evolve resistance to antibiotics and host stresses could guide the development of more effective antimicrobial therapeutics.

An international group of researchers including Ģ����Ƶ epidemiologists has identified new DNA methylation biomarkers associated with prostate cancer risk.

A new $2.5 million grant from the National Institutes of Health is enabling Ģ����Ƶ chemist Renã A.S. Robinson to expand her research on racial disparities in Alzheimer’s and other diseases. Read More

Eric Gamazon, PhD, assistant professor of Medicine, has been awarded a $1.5 million grant from the National Human Genome Research Institute, part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), to develop novel computational tools that integrate functional genomic data and electronic health records.

Angela Jefferson, PhD, professor of Neurology and director of the Ģ����Ƶ Memory and Alzheimer’s Center, has been awarded a $3.7 million, three-year grant from the National Institute on Aging (NIA) to support establishment of a prospective NIA-funded Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center (ADRC) at Ģ����Ƶ Medical Center.

Women with three or more uterine fibroids — non-cancerous growths — during pregnancy are more likely to have infants with reduced birthweight and may need additional surveillance.