From the University of Miami press release: A team of researchers led by Michael H. Antoni, director of the Center for Psycho-Oncology Research at the University of Miami (UM) has shown that a stress management…
From the Springer press release via AlphaGalileo: Anxious people have a heightened sense of smell when it comes to sniffing out a threat, according to a new study by Elizabeth Krusemark and Wen Li from…
From the Norwegian School of Economics press release: Too much wealth makes entrepreneurs fat and content. In a new study of Norwegian entrepreneurs, researchers find that profits increase most for the entrepreneurs with least capital.…
From the Stanford University press release by Erin Digitale: Scientists at the Stanford University School of Medicine have shown for the first time how brain function differs in people who have math anxiety from those…
From the BI Norwegian Business School via AlphaGalileo: Decision-makers who are concerned with finding the best alternative are less satisfied with their choices than decision-makers who go for good enough. Life consists of many choices…
From the Association for Psychological Science press release: Poverty is bad for your health. Poor people are much more likely to have heart disease, stroke, and cancer than wealthy people, and have a lower life…
From the UNC press release: What characterizes many people with depression, schizophrenia and some other mental illnesses is anhedonia: an inability to gain pleasure from normally pleasurable experiences. Exactly why this happens is unclear. But…
From the Western Illinois University press release via Newswise: When Darth Vader was introduced as the dark side of the Force in the first installment of the original trilogy, “Star Wars Episode IV: A New…
From the Concordia University press release: Parents should think twice before brushing off their child’s calls to “look at me!” A Concordia study published in the journal Child Development is the first to show that…
From the Northwestern University press release via EurekAlert!: Who wouldn’t pay a penny for a sports car? That’s the mentality some popular online auctions take advantage of — the opportunity to get an expensive item…