From the Association for Psychological Science press release: For most of us, faces provide untold amounts of information about the people in our world. We use faces to identify someone as a friend or stranger,…
From the University of Toronto, Rotman School of Management press release: Handwipes aren’t just for germs anymore. Their uses may extend to more flexible thinking and reorienting one’s priorities. A pair of researchers at the University…
From the American Psychological Association press release: When leaders use a moral argument rather than a pragmatic one as the basis for a position, they may be judged harshly if they change that position later. They…
From the University of Southern California press release: Smile and the whole world smiles with you? Well, not necessarily. In a winning scenario, smiling can decrease your odds of success against the same opponent in subsequent…
From the Springer press release: People tend to associate round names such as “Bob” and “Lou” with round-faced individuals, and they have an inherent preference for names and faces that go well together. This is…
From the Association for Psychological Science press release: When faced with a tempting choice, it can be hard to stop and think through the potential consequences, but new research suggests that framing the choice as a…
From the University of Cambridge press release: Our DNA influences our ability to read a person’s thoughts and emotions from looking at their eyes, suggests a new study published in the journal Molecular Psychiatry. Twenty years…
From the Baycrest Centre for Geriatric Care press release: A recent study conducted at Baycrest Health Sciences has uncovered a crucial piece into why playing a musical instrument can help older adults retain their listening skills…
From the University of Bristol press release: People’s faces change from moment to moment. Even over the course of a conversation with someone, changes are seen in their expressions and in the angle of their…
From the Kyoto University press release: Perhaps we only see what we’ve learned to see. In a recent multinational study in the journal Cognitive Science, a research team led by Kyoto University shows that an ability…