From the BMJ press release: Smartphone texting is linked to compromised pedestrian safety, with higher rates of ‘near misses’ and failure to look left and right before crossing a road than either listening to music…
From the Binghamton University press release: Publicly sharing a goal may help you persist after hitting a failure, but only if you care about what others think of you, according to new research from Binghamton…
From the Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne press release: Have you ever gone ahead and eaten that piece of chocolate, despite yourself? Do you inadvertently make decisions because you are hungry or cold? In other…
From the Aston University press release: Social media users are more likely to eat fruit and veg – or snack on junk food – if they think their friends do the same, a new study…
From the University of Limerick press release: Men are not better than women at spatial cognition — such as map reading — is the principal finding from ground-breaking work by researchers at Lero, the Science…
From the Virginia Commonwealth University press release: What makes people more or less mindful from one situation to the next? Researchers have found that mindfulness is not entirely something an individual brings to a situation…
From the American Psychological Association press release: People may lie to appear honest if events that turned out in their favor seem too good to be true, according to new research published by the American…
From the University of British Columbia press release: At a time when scams seem all around us and fake news appears to be on the rise, you might be relieved to know that even young…
From the University of Massachusetts Amherst press release: For more than 50 years, social scientists and practitioners have suggested that having members of different groups interact with each other can be an effective tool for…
From the Taylor & Francis Group press release: To improve behavior in class, teachers should focus on praising children for good behavior, rather than telling them off for being disruptive, according to a new study…