From the University of Leeds press release: An evaluation of efforts designed to reduce how many sugary drinks we consume shows some success in changing younger people’s habits but warns they cannot be the only…
From the University of California – San Diego press release: University of California San Diego scientists have linked specific wiring in the brain to distinct behavioral symptoms of depression. In a study published in the journal…
From the Arizona State University press release: As human beings, what drives us to higher levels of existence? Once we have satisfied the basics — food, shelter, a mate, children — then what? For many it’s…
From the University of Surrey press release: People who are believed to be immoral are unable to reverse individuals’ perception of them, potentially resulting in difficulties in the workplace and barriers in accessing fair and…
From the Ruhr-University Bochum press release: The results of the interdisciplinary collaboration between researchers at Forschungszentrum Jülich and Ruhr-Universität Bochum have been published in the journal PLoS One. Physicists and engineers typically use purely physical models…
From the Association for Psychological Science press release: Numerous studies have shown that being prompted to think about money can predispose people to engage in self-sufficient thinking and behavior — but some findings suggest that…
From the Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg, JMU press release: Parents scold their children to correct their behaviour, hoping that their offspring will discontinue their misbehaviour as a result. What’s paradoxical about this kind of punishment is that it…
From the University of Zürich press release: Generosity makes people happier, even if they are only a little generous. People who act solely out of self-interest are less happy. Merely promising to be more generous…
From the Lehigh University press release: Associate professor Liuba Belkin of Lehigh University in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, and Maryam Kouchaki, assistant professor at Northwestern in Evanston, Illinois, conclude in a new study, that when when it’s…
From the Association for Psychological Science press release: Governments around the world have increasingly turned to behavioral science to help address various policy problems — new research shows that some of the best-known strategies derived from…