From the University of Southern California press release via EurekAlert!: A team of researchers that includes a USC scientist has methodically demonstrated that a face’s features or constituents – more than the face per se…
From the Northwestern University press release via EurekAlert!: Who wouldn’t pay a penny for a sports car? That’s the mentality some popular online auctions take advantage of — the opportunity to get an expensive item…
From the University of Otago press release: University students who spend a night drinking excessively are not only more likely to feel physically unwell the next day, they will also find it harder to concentrate…
From the Society for Personality and Social Psychology press release via EurekAlert!: For a 6-year-old, one of the most powerful educational tools may be direct instruction, according to new research on how children learn about…
From the Moffitt Cancer Center press release: Researchers at Moffitt Cancer Center in Tampa, Fla., have found that when they deplete a smoker’s self control, smoking a cigarette may restore self-control. The study, published in…
From the University of Virginia press release via HealthCanal: Researchers led by Jonathan Kipnis at the University of Virginia School of Medicine have, for the first time, used an immune therapy to halt the symptoms…
From the Association for Psychological Science press release: “Anyone who has been admitted into a hospital or undergone a procedure, even if cared for in the most appropriate way, can feel as though they were…
From the Australian Catholic University press release via HealthCanal: An international research project led by Professor Sheryl Hemphill of Australian Catholic University (ACU) has found that the factors leading to incidents of cyber-bullying are different…
From the Yale University press release: The aging brain loses its ability to recognize when it is time to move on to a new task, explaining why the elderly have difficulty multi-tasking, Yale University researchers…
From the Public Library of Science (PLoS) press release via Physorg: Music is a very strong emotional communicator, and different cultures have different emotional associations for different musical “modes”. Now, a new cross-cultural study shows…