From the University of California – Santa Barbara press release: Love can make us do crazy things. It often prompts us to behave in counterintuitive ways, like, for example, placing the wellbeing of our loved…
From the University of Rochester press release: The field of adolescent psychology is increasingly focused on parents, with researchers asking how mothers and fathers control themselves (and their rising anger) in difficult interactions with their…
From the University of Jyväskylä – Jyväskylän yliopisto press release: Identity formation is a major developmental task in adolescence but continues throughout adulthood. Significant individual differences, however, emerge. The long-term role of personal styles for…
From the Carnegie Mellon University press release: A new study from Carnegie Mellon University suggests that greed, and not the willingness to return the favor, is the main reason people give in to bribery. But…
From the Society for Neuroscience press release: New research published in JNeurosci reports features of the brain in musicians with absolute, or perfect, pitch (AP) that likely enable individuals with this rare ability — shared by Mozart,…
From the Massachusetts General Hospital press release: Vivid dreams involving drinking and drug use are common among individuals in recovery. A study from the Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) Recovery Research Institute, published in the January…
From the City University London press release: For even the most stoic entrepreneur, facing a panel of potential investors can be like walking onto the set of ‘Dragon’s Den’. But a new study, co-authored by…
From the American Physiological Society press release: New research suggests that the relationship between physical and brain fitness varies in older adults by virtue of their sex. The study is published ahead of print in…
From the Kent State University press release: Kent State University Professor Andrew Lepp, Ph.D., remembers the incident well. About two years ago on campus, he encountered a student entering data into a spreadsheet using a…
From the Zuckerman Institute at Columbia University press release: Columbia neuroscientists have revealed that a simple brain region, known for processing basic sensory information, can also guide complex feats of mental activity. The new study…