From the University of Birmingham press release: A sense of wellbeing and a thriving community is key to a happy neighbourhood according to housing researchers, who looked at the relationship between the experience of the…
From the Springer press release: Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) is a complex psychological condition, and those who suffer from it experience severe reduction in their quality of life. A new study in Springer’s journal Cognitive Therapy and…
From the American Association for the Advancement of Science press release: A new study reveals that preverbal infants are able to make rational deductions, showing surprise when an outcome does not occur as expected. The…
From the DZNE – German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases press release: Researchers at the German Center for Neurodegenerative Disease (DZNE) have found a possible explanation for the difficulty in spatial orientation experienced sometimes by elderly…
From the Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Graduate University – OIST press release: The process we call learning is in fact a well-orchestrated symphony of thousands of molecular reactions, but the exact interplay between…
From the American Psychological Association press release: Teens who are old for their grade appear to feel more confident about their academic abilities and are more likely to enroll in college than their younger peers,…
From the FECYT – Spanish Foundation for Science and Technology press release: During the hours of sleep the memory performs a cleaning shift. A study led by a Spanish scientist at the University of Cambridge…
From the Lund University press release: Social media provides a new environment that makes it possible to carefully edit the image you want to project of yourself. A study from Lund University in Sweden suggests…
From the University of Sussex press release: Learning a new language may be more of a science than an art, a University of Sussex study finds. Psychologists found that when we learn the names of…
From the Frontiers press release: A new study finds that deficits in executive function — a measure of cognitive skills that allow a person to achieve goals by controlling their behavior — predicts later aggressive…