From the University of Illinois press release by Diana Yates: Liberals and conservatives who are polarized on certain politically charged subjects become more moderate when reading political arguments in a difficult-to-read font, researchers report in…
From the University of Alberta press release via EurekAlert!: Couples about to tie the knot shouldn’t ignore nagging doubts about getting married, warns a University of Alberta researcher. “If you are having doubts about the…
From the Association for Psychological Science press release: Income inequality has become a major topic of discussion over the last year and yet consensus on what (if anything) should be done about it seems elusive.…
From the Case Western Reserve University press release via EurekAlert!: New research shows a simple reason why even the most intelligent, complex brains can be taken by a swindler’s story – one that upon a…
From the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign press release via EurekAlert!: Scientists report that they can predict who will improve most on an unfamiliar video game by looking at their brain waves. They describe their…
From the University of Miami press release via EurekAlert!: Televised political advertising takes up a large portion of campaigns budgets. Much of it is spent on negative political ads. But do these negative ads work?…
From the University College London press release via HealthCanal: Researchers from UCL have found that lonely people have less grey matter in a part of the brain associated with decoding eye gaze and other social…
From the Society for Research in Child Development press release via EurekAlert!: The development of children with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) is much like that of children without ASD at 6 months of age, but…
From the Society for Research in Child Development press release via EurekAlert!: Children who are homeless or move frequently have chronically lower math and reading skills than other low-income students who don’t move as much.…
From the Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center press release via EurekAlert!: Maintaining a healthy body weight may be difficult for many people, but it’s reassuring to know that our brains and bodies are wired to…