From the Queensland University of Technology media release: Solo travellers don’t go alone because they have to, they do it because they want to, a new Queensland University of Technology study has found. Professor Constanza (Connie)…
From the Society for Research in Child Development media release: Adolescents who have romantic relationships tend to have more problems with psychosocial adjustment. In contrast, young adults who have romantic relationships tend to have fewer problems…
From the Society for Research in Child Development media release: Children with better academic and behavioral functioning when they start kindergarten often have better educational and societal opportunities as they grow up. For instance, children entering…
From the University of Utah media release: A new study by University of Utah sociologist Nick Wolfinger and a colleague from the University of Virginia reveals that Republicans tend to be happier in their marriages than…
From the Taylor & Francis media release: How obese people feel about themselves has much to do with how they experience social stigma and it can change over time, a new study in Health Sociology Review…
From the University of Chicago Press Journals media release: Understanding how and why we evolved such large brains is one of the most puzzling issues in the study of human evolution. It is widely accepted…
From the Nederlandse Vereniging voor Psychonomie (NVP) media release: People show impaired memory after receiving low intensity electrical stimulation administered to the frontal part of the brain by a commercial, freely available, device. Psychologists Laura Steenbergen…
From the University of Notre Dame media release: Social practices and cultural beliefs of modern life are preventing healthy brain and emotional development in children, according to an interdisciplinary body of research presented recently at a…
From the American Psychological Association media release: While recently published parenting books have preached the effectiveness of positive parenting and “no drama” discipline, psychologists presenting at the American Psychological Association’s 123rd Annual Convention said don’t put…
From the Indiana University media release: For generations, passionate kisses immortalized in movies, songs and the arts have served as a thermometer of romantic affection. But current research has found that not only is romantic kissing…