From the University of Chicago Press Journals press release via ScienceDaily: Confident consumers pay more attention to advertisements and product information that focus on high-level features of a product, according to a new study in…
From the University of Chicago Press Journals press release via ScienceDaily: Consumers enjoy products more in the long run if they don’t overuse them when first purchased, according to a new study in the Journal…
From the University of Illinois at Chicago press release via ScienceDaily: If you sing, dance, draw, or act — and especially if you watch others do so — you probably have an altruistic streak, according…
From the University College London press release via EurekAlert!: Neighbourhood income deprivation has a strong negative effect on altruistic behaviour when measured by a ‘lost letter’ experiment, according to new UCL research published today in…
From the Association for Psychological Science press release: From one day to the next, approval ratings of political figures can plummet or soar. Psychological scientists have long been trying to identify the cognitive factors that…
From the University of Chicago Press Journals press release via ScienceDaily: When charity recipients seem to belong to a cohesive group, donors will make stronger judgments about the victims, which leads to greater concern and…
From the Public Library of Science press release via EurekAlert!: Given the option to commit spiteful acts, reducing the money payoffs of others at no cost to themselves, many people avoid acting spitefully, but those…
From the Ruhr-University Bochum press release via EurekAlert!: Acute stress alters the methylation of the DNA and thus the activity of certain genes. This is reported by researchers at the Ruhr-Universität Bochum together with colleagues…
From the Association for Psychological Science press release: For die-hard Democrats and Republicans, the decision of who to vote for in November may be a no-brainer. In recent years, however, many voters have rejected such…
From the Karolinska Institutet press release via EurekAlert!: Many studies have found that problem drinking is related to subsequent unemployment; however, the reverse association is unclear. Some studies have found that unemployment can increase total…