From the New York University press release: Infants as young as five months can differentiate laughter between friends and that between strangers, finds a new study by researchers at New York University and UCLA. The…
From the University of Central Florida press release: As if being picked on wasn’t bad enough, victims of workplace mistreatment may also be seen as bullies themselves, even if they’ve never engaged in such behavior.…
From the University of Illinois at Chicago press release: A growing body of evidence supports the idea that alcohol exposure early in life has lasting effects on the brain and increases the risk of psychological…
From the University of Liverpool press release: New University of Liverpool research, published in PLOS ONE, highlights the positive impact jurors’ note taking has on evidence recall and, crucially, trial verdicts. During trials, jurors need to…
From the University of Bristol press release: Mental health amongst university students could be improved by introducing mindfulness training. These are the findings from the first UK study, published in Education Research International, to measure the…
From the University of British Columbia – Sauder School of Business press release: A recent study from the UBC Sauder School of Business found that sleepier consumers reach for more variety at their local stores…
From the Duke University press release: You’re in the middle of a conversation and suddenly turn away because you heard your name. Don’t worry, you aren’t rude. Our minds automatically pull attention to our names…
From the NIH/National Institute of Mental Health press release: Researchers have identified changes in brain connectivity and brain activity during rest and reward anticipation in children with anhedonia, a condition where people lose interest and…
From the University of Toronto press release: The way we encode our memories involves many pieces of information, and scientists have looked at how most of them work. But one dimension still eludes them: time.…
From the Boston University School of Medicine press release: People exposed to trauma are less able to suppress unwanted emotional memories due to neural and behavioral disruptions in their brain that may contribute to the…