From the University of Tennessee at Knoxville press release: At the 2016 Rio Olympics, Michael Phelps was caught on camera glaring as he prepared for the men’s 200-meter butterfly final. The look, popularly known as…
From the University of Pennsylvania press release: People often ask University of Pennsylvania psychologist Angela Duckworth what predicts success. It’s an understandable question, given the pioneering work Duckworth has done in the area of grit,…
From the American Psychological Association press release: How quickly you spend your savings in retirement may have as much or more to do with your personality than whether you have a lot of debt or…
From the Max-Planck-Gesellschaft press release: Experts don’t always agree with one another when making predictions or diagnoses. So how can we find out which expert in a group makes the best and most accurate decisions?…
From the Iowa State University press release: Advertising budgets and strategies used by beer companies appear to influence underage drinking, according to new research from Iowa State University. The findings show that the amount of…
From the PLOS press release: A two-step task commonly used to study people’s decision-making behaviors does not appear to be effective for training people to rely more on goal-oriented behaviors and less on habitual behaviors.…
From the George Washington University press release: A new study looks at what makes organized sports fun for kids, and some of the findings might surprise you. The new study, published today, dispels the popular…
From the University of Wyoming press release: People who make plans to avoid or handle temptations may be more likely to achieve goals, such as academic and weight loss goals, according to new research by…
From the Thayer School of Engineering at Dartmouth press release: Dartmouth engineering researchers have developed a new approach for detecting a speaker’s intent to mislead. The approach’s framework, which could be developed to extract opinion…
From the Society for Consumer Psychology press release: Financial transactions between people who speak different native languages are more common than ever with more than one in five Americans speaking a language other than English…