In our latest monthly media coverage roundup, we highlight the top mentions that eLife papers generated in November. You can view the coverage, along with the related research articles, below:
Judd and Kievit’s Research Article/Reviewed Preprint, ‘No effect of additional education on long-term brain structure – a preregistered natural experiment in thousands of individuals’, was picked up by:
- StudyFinds – A little more time in school does NOT protect against brain aging
- US News – Little More Learning Might Not Save Your Aging Brain
- UPI – More learning in youth might not protect aging brain
- News Medical – Does more education reshape your brain?
- El Tiempo (Mexico) – A little more learning may not save the brain from aging (translated)
Witten et al.’s Research Article/Reviewed Preprint, ‘Sub-cone visual resolution by active, adaptive sampling in the human foveola’, was featured in:
- SciTechDaily – New Research Reveals How Our Eyes “Dance” for Clearer Vision
- India Today – Blink and you'll miss it: Our eyes have a hidden focus trick to sharpen vision
Umeda et al.’s Research Article/Reviewed Preprint, ‘Simply crushed Zizyphi spinosi semen prevents neurodegenerative diseases and reverses age-related cognitive decline in mice’, was mentioned in:
- Asia Research News – Chinese herbal medicine’s potential in preventing dementia
- Science Blog – Ancient Chinese Seed Shows Surprising Power to Prevent and Reverse Dementia in Mice
- Earth.com – Herbal medicine shows great potential in treating and preventing dementia
- Planet Today (Russia) – Chinese medicine restores cognitive function in rodents (translated)
- OFweek (China) – The potential of Chinese herbal medicine in preventing dementia (translated)
- NewsMedical – Traditional Chinese herb shows promise against Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s
- Tiscali (Italy) – Nature to the rescue of health. Dried jujube seeds are effective in preventing neurodegenerative diseases (translated)
- HealthNews (Portugal) – Study reveals potential of Chinese herbs in preventing dementia (translated)
- Cybermed (Croatia) – A traditional Chinese herb shows promise in the fight against Alzheimer's and Parkinson's disease (translated)
- Huffington Post (Spain) – Scientists discover herb that could solve dementia (translated)
Seon and Chung’s Research Article/Reviewed Preprint, ‘Policy shaping based on the learned preferences of others accounts for risky decision-making under social observation’, was featured in:
- The University Network – New Study Reveals How Social Observation Influences Risky Decision-Making
This study was also summarised by the eLife press release, ‘Study shows how social observation shapes decision making’.
Weng et al.’s Research Article/Reviewed Preprint, ‘A robust brain network for sustained attention from adolescence to adulthood that predicts later substance use’, was featured in:
- PsyPost – Brain networks for sustained attention in teens predict substance use in young adulthood
Calderon and Berman’s Research Article/Reviewed Preprint, ‘Inferring the time-varying coupling of dynamical systems with temporal convolutional autoencoders’, was picked up by:
- Neuroscience News – AI Model Reveals Shifting Cause-and-Effect in Complex Systems
This study was also summarised by the eLife press release, ‘Computational method pinpoints how cause-and-effect relationships ebb and flow over time’.
Rosenberg et al.’s Research Article, ‘Quantitative mapping of human hair greying and reversal in relation to life stress’, was featured in:
- LiveScience – Can gray hair be reversed?
Angaji et al.’s Research Article/Reviewed Preprint, ‘High-density sampling reveals volume growth in human tumours’, was mentioned in:
- ConSalud (Spain) – Study finds that cancer grows uniformly throughout the tumor mass (translated)
- NewsMedical – Study shows cancers are uniformly growing masses
- PCR News (Russia) – Cancer tumours grow evenly throughout their mass (translated)
- Quotidiano Sanità (Italy) – Tumours: Growth is uniform throughout their mass (translated)
Reimann et al.’s Research Article/Reviewed Preprint, ‘Modeling and Simulation of Neocortical Micro- and Mesocircuitry. Part I: Anatomy’, was picked up by:
- Neuroscience News – 3D Brain Models Unlock New Insights Into Memory and Connectivity
Cronshagen et al.’s Research Article/Reviewed Preprint, ‘A system for functional studies of the major virulence factor of malaria parasites’, was featured in:
- Ma Clinique (France) – Scientists develop method to study sticky malaria proteins (translated)
- NewsMedical – Scientists develop method to study malaria’s sticky proteins
- eBioTrade (China) – Scientists develop method to study malaria’s sticky proteins (translated)
This study was also summarised by the eLife press release, ‘New tool reveals how malaria sticks to red blood vessels’.
Nartker et al.’s Research Article/Reviewed Preprint, ‘Sensitivity to visual features in inattentional blindness’, was featured in:
- Focus (Italy) – The invisible gorilla is perhaps not so invisible after all (translated)
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