From the Brown University press release: People typically say they are invoking an ethical principle when they judge acts that cause harm more harshly than willful inaction that allows that same harm to occur. That…
From the Association of Psychological Science press release: “Imagine you are playing ping-pong with a friend. Your friend makes a serve. Information about where and when the ball hit the table is provided by both…
From the University of Hull press release: Scientists at the University of Hull have found that some people have the ability to hallucinate colours at will – even without the help of hypnosis. The study,…
From the Association of Psychological Science press release: “Face recognition is an important social skill, but not all of us are equally good at it,†says Beijing Normal University cognitive psychologist Jia Liu. But what…
From the University of Toronto, Scarborough press release via EurekAlert!: From the Michelin Man to the Pillsbury Doughboy, anthropomorphized brands have often been used by companies eager to put a personal face on their products.…
From the University of Georgia press release by Philip Williams: Cortisol may be the Swiss Army knife of hormones in the human body-just when scientists think they understand what it does, another function pops up.…
From the Association for Psychological Science press release: Evolutionary psychologists suspect that prejudice is rooted in survival: Our distant ancestors had to avoid outsiders who might have carried disease. Research still shows that when people…
From the Hebrew University of Jerusalem press release, via EurekAlert!: What distinguishes information processing with conscious awareness from processing occurring without awareness? And, is there any role for conscious awareness in information processing, or is…
From the Elsevier press release: Children with dyslexia often find it difficult to count the number of syllables in spoken words or to determine whether words rhyme. These subtle difficulties are seen across languages with…
From the Ohio State University press release: Parents of newborns show poorer adjustment to their new role if they believe society expects them to be “perfect” moms and dads, a new study shows. Moms showed…