From the Elsevier press release: Mark Twain said, “Giving up smoking is the easiest thing in the world. I know because I’ve done it thousands of times.” Many smokers would agree that it’s difficult to…
From the York University press release: All bilingual children – regardless of the languages they speak – show cognitive advantages over their English-only peers, although they may experience weakness in areas like vocabulary acquisition, finds…
From the Pennsylvania State University press release: People who are more physically active report greater levels of excitement and enthusiasm than people who are less physically active, according to Penn State researchers. People also are…
From the Society for Research in Child Development press release via EurekAlert!: Young people’s choices about using drugs and alcohol are influenced by peers—not only close friends, but also sports teammates. A new study of…
From the Arizona State University press release: A new study provides evidence that adolescents who suffer from depression are more likely to experience difficulty in peer relationships, including being bullied at school. It’s often assumed…
From the CSIC (Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Cientificas) press release via EurekAlert!: A team of researchers from the Spanish National Research Council (CSIC) have developed a web application to test the visual intelligence of Facebook…
From the University of Abertay Dundee via MedicalXPress: New research from the University of Abertay Dundee has found evidence that left-handed people may be better decision makers than their right-handed counterparts. The new behavioural research,…
From the Society for Research in Child Development press release via EurekAlert!: High-quality early child care isn’t important just for children, but for their mothers, too. That’s the conclusion of a new study by researchers…
From the University of Melbourne press release: Having a simple, easy-to-pronounce name is more likely to win you friends and favour in the workplace, a study by Dr Simon Laham at the University of Melbourne…
From the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons press release via EurekAlert!: Increased pain following surgery has long been linked to anxiety and “catastrophizing,” an extreme response to stress. In a new study presented today at…