From the Queen Mary, University of London press release via EurekAlert!: People who give positive encouragement and constructive criticism could be wasting their breath according to the latest research from a psychology expert at Queen…
From the Association for Psychological Science press release: Research has shown that older adults display more positive emotions and are quicker to regulate out of negative emotional states than younger adults. Given the declines in…
From the University College London press release: When we focus intently on one task, we often fail to see other things in plain sight – a phenomenon known as ‘inattention blindness’. Scientists already know that…
From the University of Warwick press release: New research suggests the more friends we have on Facebook, the less likely we are to share information about charitable causes. Economist Professor Kimberley Scharf, from the Centre…
From the NYU press release via EurekAlert!: Can the simple act of recognizing a face as you walk down the street change the way we think? Or can taking the time to notice something new…
From the McGill University press release via MedicalXpress: If you have ever looked over the edge of a cliff and felt dizzy, you understand the challenges faced by people who suffer from symptoms of vestibular…
From the Wake Forest Baptist University press release via ScienceDaily: Ever wonder how the human brain, which is constantly bombarded with millions of pieces of visual information, can filter out what’s unimportant and focus on…
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 Texas at Austin press release via Newswise: When humans learn, their brains relate new information with past experiences to derive new knowledge, according to psychology research from The University of Texas…
From the Duke University press release via ScienceDaily: Although many areas of the human brain are devoted to social tasks like detecting another person nearby, a new study has found that one small region carries…