From the Ruhr-Universität Bochum press release via EurekAlert!: A life without feelings – unimaginable. Although emotions are so important, philosophers are still discussing what they actually are. Prof. Dr. Albert Newen and Dr. Luca Barlassina…
From the Association for Psychological Science press release: Smile and the world smiles with you — but new research suggests that not all smiles are created equal. The research shows that people actually anticipate smiles…
From the Association for Psychological Science press release: As Descartes famously noted, there’s no way to really know that another person has a mind — every mind we observe is, in a sense, a mind…
From the University of Exeter press release via EurekAlert!: Health organisations need to give careful consideration to schemes which encourage people with chronic diseases to seek support from peers, to avoid the potential negative effects,…
From the University of Kent press release via HealthCanal: New published research from psychologists at the universities of Kent and Witten/Herdecke has shown that mindfulness meditation has the ability to temporarily alter practitioners’ perceptions of…
From the UC Berkeley press release via MedicalXpress: New research by neuroscientists at UC Berkeley, suggests that the human brain is not detail-oriented, but opts for the big picture when it comes to hearing. Researchers…
From the Lincoln Park Zoo press release via EurekAlert!: While psychologists have long debated the core personality dimensions that define humanity, primate researchers have been working to uncover the defining personality traits for humankind’s closest…
From the Technische Universität München press release via ScienceDaily: Women are perceived as being more willing to lead if they show that they are proud of their personal performance. If, however, they give a cheerful…
From the University of Chicago press release by William Harms via EurekAlert!: People who think they have perfect pitch may not be as in tune as they think, according to a new University of Chicago…
From the University College London press release via HealthCanal: An avatar system that enables people with schizophrenia to control the voice of their hallucinations is being developed by researchers at UCL with support from the…