From the Wiley press release: For thousands of years, people have closely associated moral cleanliness with acts of physical cleanliness. A recent study published in the Australian Journal of Psychology explored this association by eliciting guilt, a…
From the University of Cologne press release: Social comparison is one of the most ubiquitous features of human social life and a fundamental aspect of human cognition. The fundamental human tendency to look to others…
From the Society for Personality and Social Psychology press release: Christmas holidays offer a time for families to get together, but for retailers, holiday sales can represent up to 20% of annual revenue. How consumers…
From the University of Exeter press release: An international team of researchers, led by Drs Alison Legood and Allan Lee from the University of Exeter, has looked at how bad habits displayed by those in…
From the Binghamton University press release: Want the best results out of your employees? Then be nice to them. New research from Binghamton University, State University at New York finds that showing compassion to subordinates…
From the University of Chicago Booth School of Business press release: Marketers everywhere are looking for what will entice consumers to make a purchase — not just once but repeatedly — and new research points…
From the University of California – Berkeley press release: What goes through a gambler’s mind after she’s placed her bet? It’s not just the anticipation of a big payoff, or doubts about the wisdom of…
From the University of Pennsylvania press release: Giving up a kidney to a stranger requires a certain sense of selflessness, what’s come to be known in social science as extraordinary altruism. University of Pennsylvania psychologist…
From the American Psychological Association press release: Why do some people trust their gut instincts over logic? It could be that they see those snap decisions as a more accurate reflection of their true selves…
From the Aarhus University press release: They have only just learnt to walk and talk — and have only just started to develop social relationships with children of their own age. Yet, these tiny toddlers…