From the Purdue University press release by Amy Patterson Neubert via ScienceDaily: The world continues to be a noisy place, and Purdue University researchers have found that all that background chatter causes the ears of…
From the University of Missouri press release via HealthCanal: Separated and divorced couples are increasingly using emails, texting and social media to communicate with their ex-partners about their children. However, when ex-spouses use that technology…
From the UCLA press release via EurekAlert!: Scientists at UCLA and the Technion, Israel’s Institute of Technology, have unraveled how our brain cells encode the pronunciation of individual vowels in speech. Published in the Aug.…
From the Texas Advanced Computing Center press release by Monica Kortsha via EurekAlert!: Singing mice (scotinomys teguina) are not your average lab rats. Their fur is tawny brown instead of the common white albino strain;…
From the CNRS (Délégation Paris Michel-Ange) press release via AlphaGalileo: In the cognitive sciences, the capacity to interpret the intentions of others is called “Theory of Mind” (ToM). This faculty is involved in the understanding…
From the University of Houston press release: A new University of Houston (UH) experiment takes an unconventional look at the treatment for domestic violence, otherwise known as intimate partner violence (IPV), by focusing on changing…
From the Kansas State University press release via ScienceDaily: One area that can contribute to relational satisfaction between romantic partners or roommates can be division of household labor. Studies have shown that women traditionally do…
From the New York University press release via EurekAlert!: Infants are able to detect how speech communicates unobservable intentions, researchers at New York University and McGill University have found in a study that sheds new…
From the University of Pennsylvania press release: The use of present versus the past tense in recalling an experience with binge drinking can positively influence behaviors, an important development in aiding the development of alcohol…
From the Public Library of Science press release via EurekAlert!: Chimpanzees use weight to pick the best tool, and monkeys beg more when they’re paid attention to, as reported in two independent research reports published…