From the American Chemical Society press release via ScienceDaily: Strong scientific evidence exists that eating blueberries, blackberries, strawberries and other berry fruits has beneficial effects on the brain and may help prevent age-related memory loss…
From the University of Michigan press release by Bernie DeGroat: When faced with job loss, people who consider themselves poor may limit employment prospects by believing they have a smaller social network than they actually…
From the University of Toronto, Rotman School of Management press release: Countries that more strictly uphold their cultural norms are less likely to promote women as leaders – unless those norms support equal opportunity for…
From the Norwegian University of Science and Technology via EurekAlert!: Forty years ago, LSD was used in the treatment of alcoholics – with good results. Perhaps it’s time to look at it again? In the…
From the ETH Zürich press release via AlphaGalileo: Researchers from ETH Zurich have been exploring the question of whether prejudices might be rational under certain conditions. Using game theory, they created various scenarios and played…
From the Iowa State University press release: Research over the past few decades has shown that viewing physical violence in the media can increase aggression in adults and children. But a new study, co-authored by…
From the Pennsylvania State University press release: The annual shift to daylight saving time and its accompanying loss of sleep cause employees to spend more time than normal surfing the Web for content unrelated to…
From the University of Warwick press release: Growing older and being overweight are not necessarily associated with a decrease in mental well-being, according to a cross-cultural study looking at quality of life and health status…
From the Wiley-Blackwell press release via EurekAlert!: The pulse quickens, the heart pounds and adrenalin courses through the veins, but in stressful situations is our reaction controlled by our genes, and does it differ between…
From the NYU press release: Children of recent immigrants are more likely to make sick visits to the doctor if their mothers see themselves as targets of ethnic or language-based discrimination, researchers at New York…