From the American Psychological Association media release: What do snapping shrimp, naked mole rats, ants, honeybees, and humans all have in common? They all share a similar colony-like organizational system that biologists have termed eusociality. Eusocial…
From the Rush University Medical Center media release: Managing money can be difficult at any age. For older adults, changes in physical condition and life circumstances can lead to changes for the worse in financial behavior,…
From the University of Pennsylvania media release: Thirteen percent of department leader positions at top academic medical institutions in the United States are held by women, while nearly 20 percent are held by men with mustaches.…
From the Lancet media release: A study of a million UK women, published today in The Lancet, has shown that happiness itself has no direct effect on mortality, and that the widespread but mistaken belief that…
From the Yale University media release: Chronic overeating and stress are tied to an increased risk of depression and anxiety, and in a new study, Yale researchers explain why that happens and suggest a possible…
From the University of Akron media release: What drives you to Facebook? News? Games? Feedback on your posts? The chance to meet new friends? If any of these hit home, you might have a Facebook dependency.…
From the Association for Psychological Science media release: Interventions targeted at individual students can improve the classroom environment and trigger a second wave of benefits for all classmates, new research shows. The findings, published inPsychological Science,…
From the Rice University media release: Chronic inflammation in the bloodstream can ‘fan the flames’ of depression, much like throwing gasoline on a fire, according to a new paper from researchers at Rice University and…
From the media release: Our choices seem to be freer than previously thought. Using computer-based brain experiments, researchers from Charité — Universitätsmedizin Berlin studied the decision-making processes involved in voluntary movements. The question was: Is…
From the Taylor & Francis media release: Everyone knows that money can’t buy happiness — but what might make rich people happier is revealed in the current issue of The Journal of Positive Psychology. James A.…