From the Cell Press press release: When newborn babies are under stress, their brains show a heightened response to pain, a new study has found. However, you’d never know it from the way those infants…
From the Virginia Commonwealth University press release: People who enjoy hurting others and seeing them in pain are more likely to seek revenge against those who have wronged them, according to a new study led…
From the New York University press release: New psychology research points to the factors that explain why we find particular poems aesthetically pleasing — results that enhance our understanding of “why we like what we…
From the Springer press release: Can the fear of a relationship ending actually lessen love and cause a break-up? If yes, how does it happen? These were the questions that Simona Sciara and Giuseppe Pantaleo…
From the Penn State press release: Children growing up in poverty face many challenges, but a preschool program that aims to improve social and emotional skills may help increase their focus and improve learning in…
From the University of Florida Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences press release: It’s one thing to offer students fruits and vegetables for school lunch; it’s another for them to actually eat them. Children who…
From the University of Michigan press release: The mouth-watering aroma of juicy burgers and crispy fries, and the eye-catching menu signs with delicious food pictures can tempt many hungry patrons to stop at fast-food restaurants.…
From the National Research University Higher School of Economics press release: In many countries, human empowerment – including freedom of expression and action – tends to increase people’s generalised trust in other people, particularly strangers.…
From the Society for Neuroscience press release: Drug addiction may not require a habitual relationship with a substance, suggests findings from a new model of cocaine administration in rats that better captures the human experience…
From the University of Helsinki press release: Researchers in the University of Helsinki’s Canine Mind research project found that oxytocin made dogs interested in smiling human faces. It also made them see angry faces as…