From the University of Nottingham press release: Even with an acute sense of hearing adults don’t always pick up exactly what someone has said. That’s because from childhood to adulthood we rely on vision to…
From the Zuckerman Institute at Columbia University press release: From love and politics to health and finances, humans can sometimes make decisions that appear irrational, or dictated by an existing bias or belief. But a…
From the University of Houston press release: How much do you change between high school and retirement? The answer depends on whether you’re comparing yourself to others or to your younger self. The results of…
From the Arizona State University press release: The first few years of a child’s life are crucial for learning language, and though scientists know the “when,” the “how” is still up for debate. The sheer…
From the Goethe University Frankfurt press release: Are people with more money and education dominating and less warm? A social-psychological study at Goethe University scrutinizes stereotypes. How is our behavior influenced by our social class?…
From the Society for Personality and Social Psychology press release: When it comes to making new friends, status symbols actually repel people from making friends with us, according to new research published in the journal Social…
From the Uppsala University press release: Breaking with the long-held idea that working memory has fixed limits, a new study by researchers at Uppsala University and New York University suggests that these limits adapt themselves…
From the Linköping University press release: Active top-flight athletes who have experienced sexual or physical abuse at some time in their life run a greater risk of sports-related injury. A new study from the Athletics…
From the Arizona State University press release: Adversity is part of life — Loved ones die. Soldiers deploy to war. Patients receive terminal diagnoses. Research on how adults deal with adversity has been dominated by…
From the Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne press release: Hierarchies exist across all human and animal societies, organized by what behavioral scientists refer to as dominance. Dominant individuals tend to climb higher up the hierarchy…