From the University of Missouri press release: In a University of Missouri study, girls and boys started grade school with different approaches to solving arithmetic problems, with girls favoring a slow and accurate approach and…
From the Pennsylvania State University press release via EurekAlert!: Text messaging may offer tweens a quick way to send notes to friends and family, but it could lead to declining language and grammar skills, according…
From the Public Library of Science press release via EurekAlert!: Researchers from the University of Kentucky have designed and discovered a series of highly efficient enzymes that effectively metabolize cocaine. These high-activity cocaine-metabolizing enzymes could…
From the Association for Psychological Science press release: We all know that, for the most part, it’s wrong to kill other people, it’s inappropriate to wear jeans to bed, and we shouldn’t ignore people when…
From the Radboud University Nijmegen press release via AlphaGalileo: Even though we have the impression that we see the world around us as it really is, our perception is strongly influenced by our expectations. Our…
From the University of Warwick press release: Just a tiny hint of opportunity has a disproportionately powerful effect – making unfairness more acceptable to disadvantaged people, new research has found. A study by Eugenio Proto,…
From the University of Texas at Austin press release: Even in this modern age of science, people are likely to find logic in supernatural rituals that require a high degree of time and effort, according…
From the NYU press release via EurekAlert!: Can the simple act of recognizing a face as you walk down the street change the way we think? Or can taking the time to notice something new…
From the Cell Press press release via EurekAlert!: A new technology described in the paper published online on July 26 in Current Biology, a Cell Press publication, might allow people who have almost completely lost…
From the Monash University press release: Neuroscientists have discovered a new area of the brain that is uniquely specialised for peripheral vision and could be targeted in future treatments for panic disorders and Alzheimer’s disease.…