From the CNR-Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche press release via AlphaGalileo: Everybody knows that yawning is contagious. When a person yawns, other people can respond by yawning. What wasn’t known is that“yawn transmission” is more frequent,…
From the Concordia University press release: First dates, job interviews or Christmas cocktail parties can be stressors for some people. Such social rites of passage have no doubt made shy or introverted individuals wish for…
From the American Academy of Neurology press release: Imagine waking up and being unable to see or recognize anything on the left side of your body. This condition, called hemispatial neglect, is common after a…
From the Springer Select press release: Life without cigarettes is not all doom and gloom. In fact, successful quitters are more satisfied with their lives and feel healthier, both one year and three years afterwards,…
From the Association for Psychological Science press release: Contrary to what many psychological scientists think, people do not all have the same set of biologically “basic” emotions, and those emotions are not automatically expressed on…
From the University of Chicago Press Journals via EurekAlert!: Compared to what they would pay themselves, most consumers overestimate what others are willing to pay for products, according to a new study in the Journal…
From the University of Chicago Press Journals press release via EurekAlert!: Nostalgia, a sentimental longing for the past, can boost donations and help drum up volunteers, according to a new study in the Journal of…
From the University of Chicago Press Journals via EurekAlert!: If you say you’re going to buy something, you’re more likely to do it. But why is that? According to a new study in the Journal…
From the University of Chicago Journals press release via EurekAlert!: You are likely to identify with a brand that advertises alongside your personal information on a Facebook page (especially if you have high self-esteem), according…
From the Association for Psychological Science press release: Does she or doesn’t she . . .? Sexual cues are ambiguous, and confounding. We – especially men – often read them wrong. A new study hypothesizes…