Tag: information

Study suggests feedback can have negative effect on performance

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… Read more »

Study suggests older adults’ better mood regulation may be due to what they’re looking at

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… Read more »

Study suggests people with larger social networks are less likely to share information about charitable causes

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… Read more »

Study looks at how the brain filters out unimportant visual information

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… Read more »

MRI study suggests memories serve as tools for learning, decision-making

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… Read more »