It is generally assumed that marriage has a positive influence on health and life expectancy. But does this “marriage bonus” also apply to the health indicator of body weight? Researchers at the University of Basel and the Max Planck Institute for Human Development have investigated this question in cooperation with the market research institute GfK.
Fructose not only results in a lower level of satiety, it also stimulates the reward system in the brain to a lesser degree than glucose. This may cause excessive consumption accompanied by effects that are a risk to health, report researchers from the University of Basel in a study.
The worldwide spreading of the whooping cough, also known as pertussis, has substantially increased since 2010. Researchers from the University of Basel in Switzerland have investigated structure and function of an important membrane protein of the bacterium causing pertussis. Their findings provide a basis for new treatment approaches for the infection.
Traffic lights, neon-lit advertisements, a jungle of road signs. When learning to drive, it is often very difficult to distinguish between important and irrelevant information. How the brain learns the importance of certain images over others is being investigated by Prof. Sonja Hofer at the Biozentrum of the University of Basel.
Natural channel proteins are integrated into artificial membranes to facilitate the transport of ions and molecules. Researchers at the University of Basel have now been able to measure the movement of these channel proteins for the first time.
Aging is associated with significant decline in cognitive functions. But does this translate into poorer decision making? Psychologists from the University of Basel and the Max Planck Institute for Human Development report that in simple decision situations, older adults perform just as well as younger adults. However, aging may affect decision performance in more complex decision situations.
Physicists have developed an innovative method that could enable the efficient use of nanocomponents in electronic circuits.
The stronger our memory is of a certain food, the more likely we are to choose it – even if it is the more unattractive option. Psychologists at the University of Basel conducted a study on how memory influences our choices by offering various foods and using scans to track brain activity.
On August 1, 2015, the University of Basel will be under the directorship of Andrea Schenker-Wicki: in its session today, the Senate elected the economics professor from Zurich as new Rector with a comfortable majority.