From the Flinders University press release: Many teenagers are struggling to control their impulses on the internet, in a scramble for quick thrills and a sense of power online, potentially increasing their risks of becoming…
From the University of Barcelona press release: The initiative is part of the project urGENTestimar, by the artist Ada Vilaró and the physicist Josep Perelló, researcher at the Institute of Complex Systems of the UB…
From the University of Alberta press release: Giving in to your kid’s desire for an unhealthy snack may improve your own eating choices, a new University of Alberta study shows. The research, published in Appetite, showed…
From the University of Basel press release: When choosing between multiple alternatives, people usually focus their attention on the two most promising options. The quicker we do that, the faster we make the decision. Psychologists…
From the American Society for Horticultural Science press release: A study out of the University of Hyogo in Awaji, Japan, details the stress-reducing benefits to office workers that even a small plant situated within easy…
From the Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center press release: Interoception is the awareness of our physiological states; it’s how animals and humans know they’re hungry or thirsty, and how they know when they’ve had enough…
From the Association for Psychological Science press release: Children are more likely to control their immediate impulses when they and a peer rely on each other to get a reward than when they’re left to…
From the City University London press release: Members of collective leadership groups can maintain cohesion and act decisively when faced with a crisis, in spite of lacking the formal authority to do so, according to…
From the Harvard Kennedy School press release: What drives a person to smoke cigarettes — and keeps one out of six U.S. adults addicted to tobacco use, at a cost of 480,000 premature deaths each…
From the Anglia Ruskin University press release: New research has demonstrated how food producers could change the surface texture of products to change people’s perceptions and promote healthy eating. The study, led by Consumer Psychologist…