From the Cornell University press release via Newswise: Facebook profiles reassure our self-worth because they offer a place where we can display the personal characteristics and relationships we value most, says a Cornell University communication…
From the American Sociological Association press release via EurekAlert!: True fame isn’t fleeting. That’s what a team of researchers led by McGill University’s Eran Shor and Stony Brook University’s Arnout van de Rijt conclude in…
From the Medical College of Georgia at Georgia Regents University press release via EurekAlert!: Women who abruptly and prematurely lose estrogen from surgical menopause have a two-fold increase in cognitive decline and dementia. “This is…
From the UC Davis press release via MedicalXpress: Focusing on the present rather than letting the mind drift may help to lower levels of the stress hormone cortisol, suggests new research from the Shamatha Project…
From the University of New South Wales (UNSW) press release via MedicalXpress: One in four elderly people with mild cognitive impairment – a precursor to dementia – naturally ‘reverts’ to normal cognition, research from the…
From the Society for Research in Child Development press release via EurekAlert!: Poor children who move three or more times before they turn 5 have more behavior problems than their peers, according to a new…
From the University of Kent press release via AlphaGalileo: Psychologists have shown that diversity promotes tolerance towards different groups if it catches people by surprise. In a paper published by PLoS ONE, Dr Milica Vasiljevic…
From the University of Granada press release via AlphaGalileo: University of Granada researchers present an article in the renowned publication, Journal of Happiness Studies, in which they connect the present and past happiness of over…
From the Cornell University press release via Newswise: With a dizzying number of ties in our social networks – that your Aunt Alice is a neighbor of Muhammad who is married to Natasha who is…
From the University of Wisconsin-Madison press release via EurekAlert!: New findings from nonhuman primates suggest that an overactive core circuit in the brain, and its interaction with other specialized circuits, accounts for the variability in…