From the University of Chicago Press Journals press release via EurekAlert!: Consumers systematically mispredict both the selling and purchase prices of other consumers due to a lack of cognitive and emotional connection, according to a…
From the Association for Psychological Science press release: Some retailers, such as Apple’s iTunes, are known for using uniform pricing in an effort to simplify consumers’ choices and perhaps increase their tendency to make impulse…
From the Concordia University press release: Language mixing – using elements from two languages in the same sentence – is frequent among bilingual parents and could pose a challenge for vocabulary acquisition by one- and…
From the IOS Press press release via EurekAlert!: Approximately half a million individuals suffer strokes in the US each year, and about one in five develops some form of post-stroke aphasia, the partial or total…
From the BioMed Central Limited press release via ScienceDaily: The pattern of blood flow in the prefrontal cortex in the brains alters with age during multi-tasking, finds a new study in BioMed Central’s open access…
From the Society for Neuroscience (SfN) press release via ScienceDaily: Seniors who have spoken two languages since childhood are faster than single-language speakers at switching from one task to another, according to a study published…
From the Brandeis University press release via MedicalXpress: Have you ever driven to work so deep in thought that you arrive safely yet can’t recall the drive itself? And if so, what part of “you”…
From the National Science Foundation (NSF) press release via MedicalXpress: When you’re studying for an exam, is there something you can do while you sleep to retain the information better? “The question is, ‘What determines…
From the Association for Psychological Science press release: Whether an applicant receives a high or low score may have more to do with who else was interviewed that day than the overall strength of the…
From the Georgetown University Medical Center press release via EurekAlert!: Scientists have long wondered how nerve cell activity in the brain’s hippocampus, the epicenter for learning and memory, is controlled — too much synaptic communication…