From the University of Illinois College of Agricultural, Consumer and Environmental Sciences press release: Whether children think their peers’ intentions are benign or hostile, and how those children experience and express their own emotions, may…
From the Brigham Young University press release: Most people agree that getting a little exercise helps when dealing with stress. A new BYU study discovers exercise — particularly running — while under stress also helps…
From the Elsevier press release: A new study published in Biological Psychiatry: Cognitive Neuroscience and Neuroimaging reports that processing of negative emotion can be strengthened or weakened by tuning the excitability of the right frontal part of…
From the American Friends of Tel Aviv University press release: Managers hoping to avoid employee burnout and early turnover try to provide new employees with gentle assistance during their “easing in” period. But a new…
From the Aalto University press release: The brain mechanisms of basic emotions such as anger and happiness are fairly similar across people. Differences are greater in social emotions, such as gratitude and contempt. In the…
From the University of Wisconsin-Madison press release: Our own unique experiences shape how we view the world and respond to the events in our lives. But experience is highly subjective. What’s distressing or joyful to…
From the New York University press release: College roommates are sensitive to their roommates’ distress but tend to underestimate the level of distress being experienced by others, finds a newly published study from New York…
From the Elsevier press release: A new study published in Biological Psychiatry: Cognitive Neuroscience and Neuroimaging reports that processing of negative emotion can be strengthened or weakened by tuning the excitability of the right frontal part of…
From the Association for Psychological Science press release: Exposure to air pollution, even imagining exposure to air pollution, may lead to unethical behavior, according to findings published in Psychological Science, a journal of the Association for…
From the University of Granada press release: UGR researchers from the Mind, Brain and Behaviour Research Centre (CIMCYC) have established that individuals who frequently use self-defeating humour — aimed at gaining the approval of others…