From the Brown University press release via EurekAlert!: So far it has seemed an irreparable limitation of human perception that we strain to perceive things in the very rapid succession of, say, less than half…
From the Association for Psychological Science press release: For so many important outcomes in life – applying for jobs, waiting for medical test results – there comes a point when you just have to sit…
From the University of Wisconsin-Madison press release via EurekAlert!: A study of university students is the first evidence to refute the supposed link between depression and the amount of time spent on Facebook and other…
From the Biomed Central press release via ScienceDaily: If a train is travelling a distance of 55 miles at 150mph, how long will it take to reach its destination? If the thought of having to…
From the Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center press release via EurekAlert!: New research from Norris Cotton Cancer Center estimates, for the first time, the impact of an R rating for movie smoking. James Sargent, MD, co-director of…
From the Society for the Study of Ingestive Behaviour via EurekAlert!: Research to be presented at the Annual Meeting of the Society for the Study of Ingestive Behavior (SSIB), the foremost society for research into…
From the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) press release via ScienceDaily: Photographs of faces may not be adequate proof of a person’s identity and this could have serious implications for the accuracy of passport…
From the Oxford University press release via Physorg: A report shows that Germans still prefer a newspaper, while online news has overtaken print and TV news as the most frequently used medium in the UK…
From the Queen Mary, University of London press release: Despite having more leisure time overall, stressed-out Americans report having less ‘quality time’ to enjoy themselves, particularly those with little or no education. This is according…
From the Case Western Reserve University press release via ScienceDaily: It is intuitive that most people would be less likely to take risks after an unexpected loss. What happens after a surprising win? It turns…