From the Leiden Universiteit press release: The brains of adolescents react more responsively to receiving rewards. This can lead to risky behaviour, but, according to Leiden University research, it also has a positive function: it…
From the American Chemical Society press release: Dementia affects millions of people worldwide, robbing them of their ability to think, remember and live as they once did. In the search for new ways to fight…
From the University of Chicago Booth School of Business press release: Merchants and charities alike understand that advertising their product for “just pennies a day” is an effective way to convince consumers to make a…
From the Ruhr-Universität-Bochum press release: The neuroscientists Dr Christina Strauch and Prof Dr Denise Manahan-Vaughan from the Ruhr-Universität Bochum have investigated which brain area is responsible for storing odours as long-term memories. Some odours can…
From the Society for Research in Child Development press release: Ageism — stereotypes that lead to prejudice and discrimination against older people — occurs frequently in young adults and can be seen in children as…
From the Hebrew University of Jerusalem press release: Imagine you’re walking down a busy street like Times Square in New York. There are tons of people around. As you make your way through the crowd,…
From the University of Stirling press release: A child’s attention and memory improves after exercise according to new research conducted with primary school pupils and supported by the Universities of Stirling and Edinburgh. Researchers found…
From the University of British Columbia press release: Everyone loves a bargain, but new research suggests some employees may be getting short-changed when it comes to how consumers perceive them when they are price-conscious. The…
From the Virginia Tech press release: Fireworks on nights other than the fourth of July or New Year’s Eve might be nothing more than inconsiderate neighbors, but for veterans with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD),…
From the Ohio State University press release: Many consumers have found a way to cope with the knowledge that products they like have been made unethically: They simply forget they ever knew it. In a…