From the University of Wisconsin-Madison press release by Chris Barncard via ScienceDaily: Stress has long been pegged as the enemy of attention, disrupting focus and doing substantial damage to working memory — the short-term juggling…
From the University of Missouri press release via ScienceDaily: Around the world, more than 850 million people use Facebook regularly to communicate. More and more employers also are using Facebook as a way to examine…
From the Association for Psychological Science press release: Every year, nervous high school juniors and seniors, clutching #2 pencils and armed with hours of test preparation, sit down and take the SAT. At their most…
From the Temple University press release via EurekAlert!: With an 8.1 percent August unemployment rate and 12.5 million Americans out of work, a new Temple University study examines a neglected area of research: how the…
From the Asociación RUVID press release via AlphaGalileo: The percentage of workaholics in Spain is now 4.6%, and by December 2015 this figure could reach 11.8% of workers. By applying a mathematical model of difference…
From the Concordia University press release via EurekAlert!: Can a computer “read” an online blog and understand it? Several Concordia computer scientists are helping to get closer to that goal. Leila Kosseim, associate professor in…
From the SAGE Publications press release via EurekAlert!: You can probably recall a customer service experience that left you feeling good. A recent study has shown not only that positive emotion from sales staff is…
From the University of Bristol press release via Physorg: Early findings from a University of Bristol study that investigated school, college and club connections in the boardrooms of the UK’s top companies has found that…
From the IOS Press press release via EurekAlert!: Only 15% of adults with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) in the United States have some form of paid work. Difficulties related to cognition, behavior, communication, and sensory…
From the Northwestern University press release by Erin White: “Information overload” may be an exaggerated way to describe today’s always-on media environment. Actually, very few Americans seem to feel bogged down or overwhelmed by the…