From the University of Basel press release: The Covid-19 pandemic is impacting people’s mental health. But what helps and hinders people in getting through a lockdown? A new study led by researchers at the University…
From the University of Pennsylvania press release: In the early decades of televised news, Americans turned to the stern faces of newsmen like Walter Cronkite, Tom Brokaw, and Dan Rather as trusted sources for news…
From the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, News Bureau press release: In almost all successful advertising campaigns, an appeal to emotion sparks a call-to-action that motivates viewers to become consumers. But according to research from…
From the York University press release: What feels like up may actually be some other direction depending on how our brains process our orientation, according to psychology researchers at York University’s Faculty of Health. In…
From the Ruhr-University Bochum press release: The human perception of pain can vary greatly depending on the situation. So it is possible that the same pain stimulus feels more or less painful under different conditions.…
From the Lehigh University press release: For the first time, researchers have provided physiological evidence that a pervasive neuromodulation system — a group of neurons that regulate the functioning of more specialized neurons — strongly…
From the Universidad Carlos III de Madrid press release: Adapting a traditional endless runner video game and using a raccoon as the protagonist, researchers from the Universidad Carlos III de Madrid (UC3M) and the Complutense…
From the University of California – Berkeley press release: The more chaotic things get, the harder it is for people with clinical anxiety and/or depression to make sound decisions and to learn from their mistakes.…
From the Nanyang Technological University press release: A study by a team of Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore) psychologists has found a link between extraverts and their word choices. The finding highlights the need…
From the University of Turku press release: Researchers at the University of Turku have discovered what type of neural mechanisms are the basis for emotional responses to music. Altogether 102 research subjects listened to music…