Study: Racial tension may stem from fear of exposure to infectious diseases

Social scientists have long worked to understand the roots of racial prejudice in the U.S., and for years, the story went like this: As different groups are exposed to others, their prejudice against those others increases. Brian O’Shea wasn’t buying it. A postdoctoral fellow working in the lab of Matt Nock, the Edgar Pierce Professor of Psychology, O’Shea is the […]

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Brain reorganization predicts language production

The right hemisphere of the brain can take over language functions when the left hemisphere is damaged early in development, according to research in four-year-old children published in eNeuro. These findings offer insight into typical language development in children and the flexibility of the brain in response to injury. Language functions are typically localized in the left hemisphere of the […]

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Thomas Rhett's Pregnant Wife Is Not 'a Fun Mommy' Thanks to Morning Sickness

Sharing her symptoms! Thomas Rhett’s wife, Lauren Akins, is experiencing a lot of nausea during her pregnancy. “My little sunshines,” the University of Tennessee grad, 29, captioned a photo of her daughters, Willa, 3, and Ada, 23 months, on Saturday, August 3. “On our ‘adventure walk’ around the neighborhood (a game I made up on the fly because we desperately […]

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