July 15, 2019

Healthy lifestyle may offset genetic risk of dementia

ANN ARBOR – Living a healthy lifestyle may help offset a person’s genetic risk of dementia, according to new research. Read more

July 9, 2019

Screen size matters: Consumers less attentive to news content on small screens

ANN ARBOR—If you’re getting your news from a smartphone, size matters. Heart rate variability decreases and changes in sweat are Read more

June 28, 2019

Tariffs have modest negative impact on confidence

ANN ARBOR—June’s small overall decline in consumer confidence was entirely due to households with incomes in the top third of Read more

June 27, 2019

Seeing the doctor? Relax, you’ll remember more

ANN ARBOR—Some patients feel shame, anxiety or fear immediately before seeing their doctor, making them tense. But if they can Read more

June 20, 2019

Data collection enables deeper understanding of transgender people in US

ANN ARBOR – What was life like for a transgender person in the US in the summer of 2015? Vogue Read more

June 18, 2019

Looking at cognitive triggers for extremist violence through brain scans

ANN ARBOR—In a new journal article, a team of scientists led by Scott Atran, an adjunct research professor at the Read more

June 6, 2019

U-M research projects contribute $4.77 billion to state, national economies

ANN ARBOR—The University of Michigan contributed $4.77 billion to the national economy through vendor contracts and subcontracts between 2002 and Read more

May 31, 2019

Tariffs have modest negative impact on confidence

May 28, 2019

For moms, working multiple jobs can be depressing

ANN ARBOR—Working mothers who have more than one job have a higher risk of depression than those who don’t, say Read more

May 28, 2019

Childhood trauma tied to tooth loss later in life

ANN ARBOR—Even if children grow up to overcome childhood adversity, the trauma they experience in early life causes them to Read more