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…
From the University of Göttingen press release: Dr Louisa Kulke from the University of Göttingen has investigated our eyes and brain react when we see emotionally charged or neutral faces. She combined eye-tracking and electroencephalography…
From the University of Birmingham press release: People eat more with friends and family than when dining alone — a possible throwback to our early ancestors’ approach to survival, according to a new study. This…
From the University of British Columbia press release: Biological siblings of people with gambling disorder also display markers of increased impulsivity and risk-taking, according to a new UBC psychology study. The findings, published today in Neuropsychopharmacology,…
From the Max Planck Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences press release: Miriam Langeloh from the Max Planck Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences, Moritz Köster from the Freie Universität Berlin, and Stefanie…
From the University of Freiburg press release: The question may be as old as democracy itself: are physically attractive people elected more often than less attractive opponents? In two studies that were published recently, Dr.…
From the PLOS press release: A new analysis of how people prioritize their attention when determining safety and danger in busy settings, such as crossing a road, suggests that a person will pay more attention…
From the Society for Consumer Psychology press release: Impulsive shopping can be a costly vice for people who are eager to escape emotional pain, but researchers have now discovered a strategy for increasing self-control in…
From the University of California – San Francisco press release: Distinct patterns of electrical activity in the sleeping brain may influence whether we remember or forget what we learned the previous day, according to a…