Recent news from The Johns Hopkins University
This section contains regularly updated highlights of the news from around The Johns Hopkins
University. Links to the complete news reports from the nine schools,
the Applied Physics Laboratory and other centers and institutes are to
the left, as are links to help news media contact the Johns Hopkins
communications offices.
Rats that responded to cues for sugar with the speed and excitement of binge-eaters were less motivated for the treat when certain neurons were suppressed, researchers discovered.
May 31, 2016 Tags: addiction, binge drinking, binge eating, binging, brain, Jocelyn M. Richard, Patricia H. Janak, psychological and brain sciences, sugar
| Category: Natural Sciences, Psychology
Bats fly with breathtaking precision because their wings are equipped with highly sensitive touch sensors, cells that respond to even slight changes in airflow, researchers have demonstrated for the first time.
April 30, 2015 Tags: bats, Cynthia F. Moss, Johns Hopkins University, psychological and brain sciences
| Category: Natural Sciences
Infants have innate knowledge about the world and when their expectations are defied, they learn best, researchers at Johns Hopkins University found.
April 2, 2015 Tags: Aimee E. Stahl, babies, Johns Hopkins University, Lisa Feigenson, psychological and brain sciences, surprise, the journal Science
| Category: Psychology
A first-of-its kind study using the World Wide Web to collect data from more than 10,000 study subjects ages 11 to 85 found that humans’ inborn “number sense” improves during school years, declines during old age, and remains linked throughout the entire lifespan to academic mathematics achievement. The study, led by psychologist Justin Halberda of The Johns Hopkins University and published in the online Early Edition of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences during the week of June 25, is groundbreaking for presenting a picture of how our basic cognitive abilities may change across our lifetime.
June 25, 2012 Tags: ANS, Approximate Number Sense, citizen science, Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, Internet, Johns Hopkins University, Justin Halberda, Krieger School of Arts and Science, mathematics achievement, National Science Foundation, number sense, PNAS, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, psychological and brain sciences, World Wide Web
| Category: Academic Disciplines, Homewood Campus News, Psychology, Social Sciences
