Two stressed people equals less stress
From the USC Marshall School of Business media release: Does giving a speech in public stress you out? Or writing a big presentation for your boss? What about skydiving? One way to cope, according to…
Studies find individuals with ADHD have communicative difficulty
From the University of Waterloo media release: People with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) are less able to consider the perspective of their conversational partner, says research from the University of Waterloo. The findings may…
Guys: Get married for the sake of your bones, but wait until you are 25
From the UCLA Health Sciences media release: Marriage is good for the health of men’s bones — but only if they marry when they’re 25 or older, new UCLA research suggests. In a study published…
Avoid demographic cliques build stronger teams
From the Inderscience media release: Cliques make team player less altruistic. That is the finding from a study of teams in business and not-for-profit organizations published this month in the European Journal of International Management.…
Loving touch critical for premature infants
From the Elsevier media release: The benefit that premature infants gain from skin-to-skin contact with their mothers is measurable even 10 years after birth, reports a new study in Biological Psychiatry. Physical contact with babies…
Living at home with dementia
From the Johns Hopkins Medicine media release: Most people with dementia who live at home have multiple unmet health and welfare needs, any number of which could jeopardize their ability to remain home for as…
I’ll have what they’re having: Study finds social norms influence food choices
From the Elsevier Health Sciences media release: Is obesity a socially transmitted disease? In order to try to find out, researchers in the United Kingdom conducted a systematic review of several experimental studies, each of…
Early skin-to-skin contact linked to higher breastfeeding rates
From the American Academy of Pediatrics media release: Skin-to-skin contact between mother and infant in the delivery room is associated with an increased likelihood for exclusive breastfeeding, according to an abstract presented Oct. 28 at…
Low-voiced men love em and leave em, yet still attract more women
From the McMaster University media release: Men with low-pitched voices have an advantage in attracting women, even though women know they’re not likely to stick around for long. Researchers at McMaster University have found that…
Does putting your feet up equal power?
From the University at Buffalo media release: A new set of studies by researchers at three universities led by University at Buffalo psychologist Lora E. Park, PhD, has found that the previously assumed link between…