From the Elsevier press release: Do you get frustrated and angry when your WiFi connection stops working? It could be because of your personality. When digital technology stops working, people with a fear of missing…
From the University of British Columbia press release: The blinking lights and exciting jingles in casinos may encourage risky decision-making and potentially promote problem gambling behaviour, suggests new research from the University of British Columbia.…
From the Arizona State University press release: Crude, vulgar or offensive talk, even among friends in private, can signal the beginning of a pathway leading to antisocial behaviors, substance abuse and romantic relationships dominated by…
From the Ruhr-University Bochum press release: When touching others in a social context, for example kissing or hugging, people often have a lateral preference; they will, for example, tend to tilt their head to the…
From the Association for Psychological Science press release: When we evaluate and compare a range of data points — whether that data is related to health outcomes, head counts, or menu prices — we tend…
From the University of California – Riverside press release: Tetris could be the salve for a worried mind. The venerable video game was used in a recent experiment to create a state of “flow” —…
From the University of Central Florida press release: A new University of Central Florida study suggests abuse and mistreatment by those at the top of an organization do not necessarily lead to abusive behavior by…
From the Zuckerman Institute at Columbia University press release: Columbia scientists have identified a brain region that helps tell an animal when to attack an intruder and when to accept it into its home. This…
From the Springer press release: The mere presence of a pair of eyes on a sign requesting donations makes people more likely to give more. This is according to a field study in Springer’s journal Human…
From the Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center press release: Recent studies into how human beings think about members of other social groups reveal that biases sometimes operate beyond our conscious control. Called implicit bias, the…