From the Carnegie Mellon University press release via EurekAlert!: For the first time, scientists at Carnegie Mellon University have identified which emotion a person is experiencing based on brain activity. The study, which will be…
From the Ruhr-Universität Bochum press release via EurekAlert!: A life without feelings – unimaginable. Although emotions are so important, philosophers are still discussing what they actually are. Prof. Dr. Albert Newen and Dr. Luca Barlassina…
From the Kingston University press release via ScienceDaily: A simple smile and a friendly greeting can make customers feel much more loyal towards small independent companies, according to new Kingston University research. The study, which…
From the Springer press release via ScienceDaily: Communities that stick together and do good for others cope better with crises and are happier for it, according to a new study by John Helliwell, from the…
From the Max-Planck-Gesellschaft press release via MedicalXpress: Locating a car that’s blowing its horn in heavy traffic, channel-hopping between football and a thriller on TV without losing the plot, and not forgetting the start of…
From the Association for Psychological Science press release: Smile and the world smiles with you — but new research suggests that not all smiles are created equal. The research shows that people actually anticipate smiles…
From the Virginia Tech press release via EurekAlert!: Researchers have discovered a pathway by which the brain controls a molecule critical to forming long-term memories and connected with bipolar disorder and schizophrenia. The discovery was…
From the Elsevier press release via EurekAlert!: Recent studies linking bullying and depression, coupled with extensive media coverage of bullying-related suicide among young people, led the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to assemble…
From the Ohio State University press release via EurekAlert!: A new study has found that chasing down a moving object is not only a matter of sight or of sound, but of mind. The study…
From the University of Chicago Press Journals press release via EurekAlert!: Consumers are more likely to pursue goals when they are ambitious yet flexible, according to a new study in the Journal of Consumer Research.…