Are you Facebook dependent?
From the University of Akron media release: What drives you to Facebook? News? Games? Feedback on your posts? The chance to meet new friends? If any of these hit home, you might have a Facebook dependency.…
Protecting a few students from negative stereotypes benefits entire classroom
From the Association for Psychological Science media release: Interventions targeted at individual students can improve the classroom environment and trigger a second wave of benefits for all classmates, new research shows. The findings, published inPsychological Science,…
Inflammation can fan the flames of depression
From the Rice University media release: Chronic inflammation in the bloodstream can ‘fan the flames’ of depression, much like throwing gasoline on a fire, according to a new paper from researchers at Rice University and…
The brain-computer duel: Do we have free will?
From the media release: Our choices seem to be freer than previously thought. Using computer-based brain experiments, researchers from Charité — Universitätsmedizin Berlin studied the decision-making processes involved in voluntary movements. The question was: Is…
Looking for happiness in all the wrong places
From the Taylor & Francis media release: Everyone knows that money can’t buy happiness — but what might make rich people happier is revealed in the current issue of The Journal of Positive Psychology. James A.…
Are you a ‘harbinger of failure?’
From the Massachusetts Institute of Technology media release: Diet Crystal Pepsi. Frito Lay Lemonade. Watermelon-flavored Oreos. Through the years, the shelves of stores have been filled with products that turned out to be flops, failures, duds,…
Oxytocin has different effects on stress in male and female mice
From the University of California – Davis media release: Clinical trials are testing whether oxytocin, sometimes called the “love hormone” for its role in intimacy and social bonding, has potential as a treatment for anxiety, depression…
Men have better sense of direction than women, study suggests
From the Norwegian University of Science and Technology media release: It’s been well established that men perform better than women when it comes to specific spatial tasks. But how much of that is linked to sex…
Chances of good outcome after stroke reduced by delays in restoring blood flow
From the The JAMA Network Journals media release: Delays in restoring blood flow after a stroke were associated with decreased benefits of intra-arterial clot-busting treatment and reduced chances for a good outcome, according to an article…
How our view of what makes us happy has changed in 80 years
From the British Psychological Society (BPS) media release: Our view of what makes us happy has changed markedly since 1938. That is the conclusion of the psychologist Sandie McHugh from the Univeristy of Bolton who has…