From the University of Wisconsin-Madison press release via EurekAlert!: When conflict breaks out in social groups, individuals make strategic decisions about how to behave based on their understanding of alliances and feuds in the group.…
From the NIH/National Institute of Mental Health press release via EurekAlert!: In patients with hoarding disorder, parts of a decision-making brain circuit under-activated when dealing with others’ possessions, but over-activated when deciding whether to keep…
From the JAMA and Archives Journals press release via EurekAlert!: Patients with hoarding disorder exhibited abnormal activity in regions of the brain that was stimulus dependent when deciding what to do with objects that did…
From the University of Illinois press release via HealthCanal: A sense of invulnerability isn’t a hallmark of youth as many adults may believe nor is it necessarily detrimental, a new study suggests. However, feeling immune…
From the Concordia University press release: Rows of chip bags in a vending machine, endless bottles of shampoo on pharmacy shelves, long lines of books arranged in the bestsellers section at the bookstore. From supermarket…
From the Association for Psychological Science press release: Neighbors’ lawn signs, public opinion polls and even a conversation in the next restaurant booth can affect how people vote in an election. But it all depends…
From the University of Warwick press release: Just a tiny hint of opportunity has a disproportionately powerful effect – making unfairness more acceptable to disadvantaged people, new research has found. A study by Eugenio Proto,…
From the Elsevier press release via EurekAlert!: Anxiety disorders affect approximately 40 million American adults each year, and although they are treatable, they often cause significant distress.The excessive fear and dread that accompanies anxiety disorders…
From the Max-Planck-Gesellschaft press release: Synapses are modified through learning. Up until now, scientists believed that a particular form of synaptic plasticity in the brain’s hippocampus was responsible for learning spatial relations. This was based…
From the Association for Psychological Science press release: It doesn’t matter what we’ve experienced – whether it’s the breathtaking scope of the Grand Canyon, the ethereal beauty of the Aurora Borealis, or the exhilarating view…