From the Baylor University press release: College students who listened to classical music by Beethoven and Chopin during a computer-interactive lecture on microeconomics — and heard the music played again that night — did better…
From the Ohio State University press release: There’s a price to pay when you get your news and political information from the same place you find funny memes and cat pictures, new research suggests. The…
From the Penn State press release: In uncertain times, supporting your friends and family can help them make it through. But your comforting words can have different effects based on how you phrase them, according…
From the Max Planck Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences press release: The brain is permanently exposed to new impressions. Even when sleeping, it does not rest and processes recent experiences. In very early…
From the Florida Atlantic University press release: From health care to education to media, social distancing across the globe due to coronavirus (COVID-19) has created the need to conduct business “virtually” using Skype, web conferencing,…
From the U.S. Army Research Laboratory press release: Team disagreements might be the key to helping Soldiers identify objects in battle, researchers say. While studies on combat identification typically focus on how technology can help…
From the Duke University press release: The stereotype of grumpy old people apparently doesn’t hold up under closer inspection. A new study from Duke and Vanderbilt University psychologists finds that older people are generally more…
From the Carnegie Mellon University press release: We live in a time of unprecedented access to information. And in this era of sheltering-in-place around the nation and the globe, the desire for news may be…
From the University of Kansas press release: In the midst of a global pandemic, a lot of people rightly will be reluctant to offer food from their plate to another person, or accept such an…
From the Karolinska Institutet press release: People continuously exposed to air pollution are at increased risk of dementia, especially if they also suffer from cardiovascular diseases, according to a study at Karolinska Institutet in Sweden…