From the Vanderbilt University media release: Positive interactions in a pre-kindergarten classroom may be equally or more important to the future academic development of 4-year-olds than learning letters and numbers, according to Dale Farran, senior…
From the British Psychological Society (BPS) media release: Prosopagnosia (face blindness) may be temporarily improved following inhalation of the hormone oxytocin. This is the finding of research led by Dr Sarah Bate and Dr Rachel…
From the Salk Institute for Biological Studies media release: Alzheimer’s disease affects more than 26 million people worldwide. It is predicted to skyrocket as boomers age — nearly 106 million people are projected to have…
From the International Communication Association media release: Pornography has long held a controversial place in society, and its relationship with a number of behaviors and attitudes has been highly debated. But the concern remains: How…
From the Montefiore Medical Center media release: Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT) shows early evidence as an effective tool in improving medical regimen adherence in adolescents with chronic kidney disease (CKD), enabling them to accept their…
From the University of Pittsburgh media release: Most parents who yell at their adolescent children wouldn’t dream of physically punishing their teens. Yet their use of harsh verbal discipline — defined as shouting, cursing, or…
From the Oxford University Press media release: A study of around 5,000 older men has shown that stressful life events such as death of a loved one, or serious financial problems, significantly raised the risk…
From the Wiley media release: People who were deprived of one night’s sleep purchased more calories and grams of food in a mock supermarket on the following day in a new study published in the…
From the International Osteoporosis Foundation media release: A new systematic review published in the British Journal of Nutrition*, is one of the first to focus on patterns of vitamin D status worldwide and in key…
From the British Psychological Society (BPS) media release: Making music can improve both pro-social behaviour (voluntary behaviour intended to benefit another) and the problem solving skills of young children according to a new study. Building…