From the Duke-NUS Medical School press release: Duke-NUS researchers have discovered that a growth factor protein, called brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF), and its receptor, tropomyosin receptor kinase B (TrkB) affects social dominance in mice. The…
From the University of Illinois at Chicago press release: If you’re a parent, you may be concerned that materialism among children has been on the rise. According to research, materialism has been linked to a…
From the Queen Mary University of London press release: Scientists at Queen Mary University of London have developed an app to understand why some rhythms are more difficult to perform than others. They collected and…
From the University of Exeter press release: The age old adage of virtue being its own reward may not hold true in the corporate world — in fact, honourable acts could lead workers to behave…
From the University of Seville press release: What motivates a customer to choose a particular model of mobile phone? Experts from the University of Seville, in collaboration with the Catholic University of North Chile, have…
From the Springer press release: In our society, there are always a certain percentage of people who adopt a freeloader attitude. They let other members of society do all the work and do not do…
From the University of California – Riverside press release: A new study by researchers from the University of California, Riverside, and the Rotterdam School of Management finds that fear of missing out motivates investors to…
From the University of Würzburg press release: Whether climate change and its consequences, the refugee crisis or the unfair distribution of wealth, when looking for solutions to these global challenges, the decisions of individuals such…
From the American Psychological Association press release: Nice people may be at greater risk of bankruptcy and other financial hardships compared with their less agreeable peers, not because they are more cooperative, but because they…
From the University of Zurich press release: If a sales agent brings their customer a small gift, the customer is much more likely to make a purchase, a study by the university of Zurich has…