From the Public Library of Science press release via EurekAlert!: “Visual diet,” or the images that women see, may be just as critical to their weight preferences as associating certain body types with success, according…
From the University of Bristol press release via EurekAlert!: Professor Alexander Bentley and colleagues found that words commonly used by scientists when discussing climate science – such as ‘biodiversity’, ‘global’, and ‘isotopes’ – follow fashion…
From the Association for Psychological Science press release: There’s no question that our ability to remember informs our sense of self. Now research published in Clinical Psychological Science, a journal of the Association for Psychological…
From the Association for Psychological Science press release: Many animal species transmit information via chemical signals, but the extent to which these chemosignals play a role in human communication is unclear. In a new study…
From the Taylor & Francis press release via AlphaGalileo: Comedians publicly ridiculing a presidential candidate may cause audiences to have negative attitudes toward that individual, according to a study by Amy Bree Becker, Assistant Professor…
From the Springer press release: How women think their friends feel about their bodies influences their own body concerns, according to a new study by Dr. Louise Wasylkiw and Molly Williamson from Mount Alison University…
From the UC Santa Barbara press release via MedicalXpress: UC Santa Barbara has reported an important discovery in the interdisciplinary study of split-brain research. The findings uncover dynamic changes in brain coordination patterns between left…
From the Association for Psychological Science press release via ScienceDaily: We humans organize ourselves in myriad kinds of social groups, from scout troops and sports teams to networks of friends, colleagues, or classmates. But how…
From the Massachusetts General Hospital press release via MedicalXpress: Investigators at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) and Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) have identified for the first time a pattern of brain activity that appears to…
From the JAMA and Archives Journals press release via EurekAlert!: Eating meals and other foods from fast-food and full-service restaurants appears to be associated with increased caloric intake for children and adolescents, as well as…