From the Wiley-Blackwell press release via EurekAlert!: The pulse quickens, the heart pounds and adrenalin courses through the veins, but in stressful situations is our reaction controlled by our genes, and does it differ between…
From the NYU press release: Children of recent immigrants are more likely to make sick visits to the doctor if their mothers see themselves as targets of ethnic or language-based discrimination, researchers at New York…
From the Baylor University press release via EurekAlert!: The newest motion-based video games — which are more interactive than standard video game systems with gamepads — are more realistic, give a greater sense of “being…
From the UC Berkeley press release: Opening the door to the development of thought-controlled prosthetic devices to help people with spinal cord injuries, amputations and other impairments, neuroscientists at the University of California, Berkeley, and…
From the Association for Psychological Science press release: Stuck solving a problem? Seek the obscure, says Tony McCaffrey, a psychology PhD from the University of Massachusetts. “There’s a classic obstacle to innovation called ‘functional fixedness,’…
From the University of Gothenburg press release via AlphaGalileo: Given that almost 70% of young adults with Asperger syndrome have suffered from depression, it is vital that psychiatric care staff are aware of this so…
From the Washington University School of Medicine press release via EurekAlert!: A new marker of Alzheimer’s disease can predict how rapidly a patient’s memory and other mental abilities will decline after the disorder is diagnosed,…
From the Association for Psychological Science press release: From the corporate boardroom to the kitchen table, important decisions are often made in collaboration. But are two—or three or five—heads better than one? Not always, according…
From the BI Norwegian Business School press release via AlphaGalileo: Leaders who support their staff have happier employees and a better bottom line, according to a new study from BI Norwegian Business School. Is it…
From the Northumbria University press release via AlphaGalileo: People who smoke only at weekends cause as much damage to their memory as those who smoke on a daily basis, according to research from Northumbria University.…