From the National Communication Association press release: Expressing gratitude has become trendy; these days, you can easily find a stock of gratitude journals and notebooks at your local stationery store or bookseller, or search for…
From the Springer press release: Why do some men crack sexist and anti-gay jokes or find them funny, while others do not? According to Emma O’Connor of the Western Carolina University in the US, such…
From the Hiroshima University press release: Over recent decades, our understanding of hunger has greatly increased, but this new discovery turns things on their head. Up until now, scientists knew that leptin — a hormone…
From the University of Illinois at Chicago press release: A lack of sleep makes everything harder. Focusing, finishing assignments, and coping with everyday stress can become monumental tasks. People with anxiety and depression often have sleep…
From the Kyoto University press release: You’ve been losing all night, and now another bad hand. So why raise? Gambling addiction is a mental disorder characterized by excessive risk-taking despite negative results. Scientific studies using…
From the BioMed Central press release: When trying to pick the most flattering pictures for online profiles, it may be best to let a stranger do the choosing, a study published in the open access…
From the JCI Journals press release: Genetic studies have linked a number of risk genes to autism spectrum disorder (ASD). Although the complex genetics underlying ASD likely involve interactions between many genes, some risk genes…
From the National Research University Higher School of Economics press release: According to Glasgow and HSE/Northumbria researchers, repetition of non-verbs as well as verbs can boost the effect of syntactic priming, i.e. the likelihood of people…
From the Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center press release: It doesn’t matter if it’s Bach, the Beatles, Brad Paisley or Bruno Mars. Your favorite music likely triggers a similar type of activity in your brain…
From the Harvard University press release: Imagine you’re getting hungry at work and you see a candy bar on a co-worker’s desk. Why not just eat it while she’s out of the room? Some people…