From the Penn State press release: When people scan the latest political headlines or watch a video from a war-ravaged land, they tend to feel snap ethical or moral responses first and reason through them…
From the Universität Basel press release: Scientists at the University of Basel have shown that LSD reduces activity in the region of the brain related to the handling of negative emotions like fear. The results,…
From the Society for Personality and Social Psychology press release: Public and political apologies have steeply increased in recent times. Yet the sincerity of those apologies and how they are received by victims varies widely.…
From the UC Berkeley Haas School of Business press release: How often do you act impulsively without considering the consequences? What if you could learn how to be more patient? By using functional MRI (fMRI)…
From the Society for Consumer Psychology press release: Most people who buy a new car, electronic device or music album online want to enjoy the purchase as long as possible, but researchers have discovered something…
From the Elsevier press release: A study of people from an isolated village in the Netherlands reveals a link between rare variants in the gene NKPD1 and depressive symptoms. The findings are published in the…
From the Vanderbilt University Medical Center: A natural signaling molecule that activates cannabinoid receptors in the brain plays a critical role in stress-resilience — the ability to adapt to repeated and acute exposures to traumatic…
From the Springer press release: Involvement in cyberbullying among girls triggers negative perceptions of the importance of school and the value of learning, a new Nottingham Trent University study suggests. Psychologists, writing in the Springer…
From the American Psychological Association (APA) press release: When people think about climate change, they probably think first about its effects on the environment, and possibly on their physical health. But climate change also takes a…
From the University of Sussex press release: The gentle burbling of a brook, or the sound of the wind in the trees can physically change our mind and bodily systems, helping us to relax. New…