From the University of Texas at Dallas press release: A few years ago, Dr. Mohammad Zia PhD’17 was checking flight prices on Expedia when he was puzzled by a section of the website that prompted…
From the University of Delaware press release: Tricks and illusions, once the domain of magicians, are helping scientists unveil how the brain works. Here’s one you can try using a tabletop mirror. Place your left hand…
From the Frontiers press release: It has been argued that the ability of humans to recognize social signals is crucial to mastering social intelligence — but can robots learn to read human social cues and…
From the Association for Psychological Science press release: People tend to believe that others will come around to their point of view over time, according to findings from a series of studies published in Psychological Science, a…
From the University of Exeter press release: Drinking alcohol improves memory for information learned before the drinking episode began, new research suggests. In the University of Exeter study, 88 social drinkers were given a word-learning task.…
From the University of Washington press release: The charismatic colleague, the natural leader, the life of the party — all are personal qualities that adults recognize instinctively. These socially dominant types, according to repeated studies, also…
From the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine press release: Researchers at Penn Medicine have discovered that a patient’s awareness of a diagnosis of cognitive impairment may diminish their self-assessment of quality of life. In…
From the American Psychological Association (APA) press release: People who suffer from depression may want to look to yoga as a complement to traditional therapies as the practice appears to lessen symptoms of the disorder, according…
From the BioMed Central press release: Individuals with high levels of psychopathic traits are better at learning to lie than individuals who show few psychopathic traits, according to a study published in the open access journal…
From the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign press release: Spinach and kale are favorites of those looking to stay physically fit, but they also could keep consumers cognitively fit, according to a new study from University…