From the Plataforma SINC press release via AlphaGalileo: A new study shows that newborns that have been exposed to nicotine from both active and passive smoking mothers show poor physiological, sensory, motor and attention responses.…
From the Albert-Ludwigs-Universität-Freiburg press release via ScienceDaily: Human speech comes in countless varieties: When people talk to close friends or partners, they talk differently than when they address a physician. These differences in speech are…
From the Association for Psychological Science press release via EurekAlert!: People face this predicament all the time—can you determine a person’s character in a single interaction? Can you judge whether someone you just met can…
From the University of Chicago Press Journals press release via ScienceDaily: When reminded of money (not cost), consumers are more likely to evaluate a new product based on its primary features or brand name, according…
From the Washington State University press release via EurekAlert!: Washington State University researchers have found a cellular mechanism that contributes to the lack of motivation and negative emotions of a cocaine addict going through withdrawal.…
From the UCLA press release by Stuart Wolpert: Doubt is not a pleasant mental state, but certainty is a ridiculous one. —Voltaire In the first scientific study to test whether doubts about getting married are…
From the University of Missouri press release via ScienceDaily: Around the world, more than 850 million people use Facebook regularly to communicate. More and more employers also are using Facebook as a way to examine…
From the Purdue University press release by Amy Patterson Neubert via ScienceDaily: The world continues to be a noisy place, and Purdue University researchers have found that all that background chatter causes the ears of…
From the Universität Basel press release via ScienceDaily: People with autism suffer from a pervasive developmental disorder of the brain that becomes evident in early childhood. Peter Scheiffele and Kaspar Vogt, Professors at the Biozentrum…
From the Louisiana State University Health Sciences press release via EurekAlert!: A research study conducted by Dr. Jesus Lovera, Assistant Professor of Neurology at LSU Health Sciences Center New Orleans, and colleagues has found that…