From the Penn State media release: How social media users create and monitor their online personas may hint at their feelings of self-esteem and self-determination, according to an international team of researchers. “The types of…
From the Rice University media release: Women are more likely than men to disapprove of — and less likely to participate in — political corruption, but only in countries where corruption is stigmatized, according to…
From the Ohio State University media release: Adding a mental health component to school-based lifestyle programs for teens could be key to lowering obesity, improving grades, alleviating severe depression and reducing substance use, a new…
From the Vanderbilt University media release: Positive interactions in a pre-kindergarten classroom may be equally or more important to the future academic development of 4-year-olds than learning letters and numbers, according to Dale Farran, senior…
From the International Communication Association media release: Pornography has long held a controversial place in society, and its relationship with a number of behaviors and attitudes has been highly debated. But the concern remains: How…
From the Loyola University Health System media release: A Loyola University Chicago Stritch School of Medicine study suggests that omega-3 fish oil might help protect against alcohol-related dementia. Previous studies have shown that long-term alcohol…
From the British Psychological Society (BPS) media release: A short training course in mindfulness improves children’s ability to ignore distractions and concentrate better. These are the findings of a study carried out by Dominic Crehan…
From the New York University media release: Even mild stress can thwart therapeutic measures to control emotions, a team of neuroscientists at New York University has found. Their findings, which appear in the journal Proceedings…
From the University College London media release: The space surrounding the body (known by scientists as ‘peripersonal space’), which has previously been thought of as having a gradual boundary, has been given physical limits by…
From the Association for Psychological Science media release: Divorce is associated with an increased risk of future depressive episodes but only for those who already have a history of depression, according to a new study…