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Study looks at downside of being dubbed ‘class clown’

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From the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign press release: Class clowns’ off-task antics amuse and delight their classmates during first and second grades, making them the most sought-after playmates on the playground in early elementary… 

Study looks at how brain judges quality of music

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From the University of Connecticut press release: Expectations and biases play a large role in our experiences. This has been demonstrated in studies involving art, wine and even soda. In 2007, Joshua Bell, an internationally… 

Study suggests gene variant increases empathy-driven fear in mice

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From the Institute for Basic Science press release: Researchers at the Center for Cognition and Sociality, within the Institute for Basic Science (IBS), have just published in Neuron about a genetic variant that controls and increases empathy-driven… 

Study links dementia diagnosis to unnecessary medication use

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From the University of Sydney press release: A new international study led by University of Sydney has found that medication use increases in newly diagnosed dementia patients, particularly unnecessary or inappropriate medications. Published today in Journals… 

Study looks at effect of workplace anxiety on performance

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From the University of Toronto press release: New research on anxiety in the workplace has uncovered some intriguing findings: in some instances it can help boost employee performance. “There are a lot of theories and… 

Study examines impact of maternal depression on child’s IQ

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From the University of California – San Diego press release: Roughly one in 10 women in the United States will experience depression, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The consequences, however, may…