From the Duke University press release via EurekAlert!: Researchers have identified genetic risk factors that may accelerate a teen’s progression to becoming a lifelong heavy smoker. The team of scientists from the U.S., the U.K.…
From the Association for Psychological Science press release: Encouraging young people at high-risk of criminal offending and delinquency to see happiness rather than anger in facial expressions results in a decrease in their levels of…
From the Columbia University Medical Center press release via HealthCanal: Researchers at Columbia University Medical Center and collaborators at the Miller School of Medicine at the University of Miami found that people with high levels…
From the University of Missouri-Columbia press release via ScienceDaily: After outgrowing teenage infatuations with the girl next door, adult males seem to be biologically designed to avoid amorous attractions to the wife next door, according…
From the Boston University press release via ScienceDaily: A new study co-authored by Boston University Assistant Professor of Psychology Peter Blake finds that young children endorse fairness norms related to sharing, but often act in…
From the Proceedings of the Royal Society B press release via HealthCanal: Neighbours playing loud music is an example of where a social dilemma can arise about who should tackle the wrong-doer if a whole…
From the Mount Sinai Hospital press release via EurekAlert!: Considerable opportunity exists to improve interventions and outcomes of traumatic brain injury (TBI) in older adults, according to three studies published in the recent online issue…
From the McGill University press release via MedicalXpress: In the first large-scale review of 400 research papers in the neurochemistry of music, a team led by Prof. Daniel J. Levitin of McGill University’s Psychology Dept.…
From the Society for Research in Child Development press release via EurekAlert!: Teenagers’ struggles to connect with their peers in the early adolescent years while not getting swept along by negative peer influences predict their…
From the Suomen Akatemia press release via AlphaGalileo: The use of guilt-inducing parenting in daily parent-child interaction causes children distress still evident on the next day, emerges from the study Parents, teachers, and children’s learning…