From the University of Haifa press release: People with strong signs of autism spectrum disorder (ASD) show neural signs of anxiety when they see social touch and report unpleasant feelings about social touch by comparison…
From the Michigan State University press release: Good news for novice salespeople worried about becoming successful: Expressing your gratitude to customers by going above and beyond your job description may be as effective as developing long-term…
From the University of Freiburg press release: Filtering information for search engines, acting as an opponent during a board game or recognizing images: Artificial intelligence has far outpaced human intelligence in certain tasks. Several groups from…
From the Society for Research in Child Development press release: Adolescence is a time of social challenges and changing expectations. While relationships with peers may be important for youth at this time, do they also have…
From the University of Pittsburgh Schools of the Health Sciences press release: Researchers at the University of Pittsburgh have uncovered the mechanism by which neurons keep up with the demands of repeatedly sending signals to other…
From the Association for Psychological Science press release: When we’re trying to decide which cell phone case to buy or which hotel room to book, we often rely on the ratings and reviews of others to…
From the Society for Neuroscience press release: Activation of a reward-processing brain region peaks in the morning and evening and dips at 2 p.m., finds a study of healthy young men published in The Journal of Neuroscience.…
From the Durham University press release: People who hear voices that other people can’t hear may use unusual skills when their brains process new sounds, according to research led by Durham University and University College London…
From the University of Illinois College of Agricultural, Consumer and Environmental Sciences press release: Gut microbes have been in the news a lot lately. Recent studies show they can influence human health, behavior, and certain neurological…
From the Queensland University of Technology press release: People who see animals as people and assign human traits to non-human objects are more likely to travel to destinations that are presented as being human-like, according to…