From the Society for Neuroscience press release: People prefer songs with only a moderate amount of uncertainty and unpredictability, according to research recently published in JNeurosci. Scientists have long struggled to understand why activities of little…
From the Lancaster University press release: While non-active family members as major shareholders and non-family members on boards and in top management teams will push for profit and encourage growth through their entrepreneurial drive, there…
From the Penn State press release: That pint of ice cream after a nasty breakup may not do as much damage as you think. Despite the emotional turmoil, people on average do not report gaining…
From the Emory Health Sciences press release: Emory University researchers are giving us double the reasons to pay attention to our cardiovascular health — showing in a recently published study in the Journal of Alzheimer’s Disease that…
From the Boston University School of Medicine press release: Does yo-yo dieting drive compulsive eating? There may be a connection. According to Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM) researchers the chronic cyclic pattern of overeating…
From the King’s College London press release: New research from King’s College London and The Open University could help explain why memory in old age is much less flexible than in young adulthood. Through experiments…
From the University of Alberta press release: You enter your quarter into the slot machine and hit the button. Two lemons and a cherry appear in front of you — close to a win, but…
From the Association for Psychological Science press release: When asked to answer questions quickly and impulsively, people tend to respond with a socially desirable answer rather than an honest one, a set of experiments shows.…
From the University of Connecticut press release: People searching online restaurant reviews give less value to those written on mobile devices than on other platforms, according to new research in the published journal Marketing Science. In…
From the University of Houston press release: University of Houston associate professor of clinical psychology, Matthew Gallagher, has added his voice to a debate that spans the ages — the importance of hope. Gallagher reports…