From the UC Davis press release: Patients look up their illnesses online to become better informed and prepared to play an active role in their care — not because they mistrust their doctors, a new…
From the Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin press release via AlphaGalileo: A longstanding question in brain research is how information is processed in the brain. Neuroscientists at the Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Cluster of Excellence NeuroCure…
From the University of Notre Dame press release by Susan Guibert: Most of us assume that confidence and certainty are preferred over uncertainty and bewilderment when it comes to learning complex information. But a new…
From the Economic and Social Research Council press release via MedicalXpress: People make complex judgements about a person from looking at their face that are based on a range of factors beyond simply their race…
From the UC Davis press release: When it comes to marketing via video sharing on social media, choosing an influential person to “seed” a video is essential — but video quality isn’t all that important.…
From the Society for Personality and Social Psychology press release via ScienceDaily: Summer vacation time is upon us. If you have been saving up for your dream vacation for years, you may want to make…
From the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health press release: Existing research shows that it is beneficial to have a loved one present when visiting the doctor, but a new study led by researchers…
From the Springer press release via EurekAlert!: Scientists at ETH Zurich have studied the use of language, finding that words with a positive emotional content are more frequently used in written communication. This result supports…
From the University of Rochester press release via EurekAlert!: Long before babies understand the story of Goldilocks, they have more than mastered the fairy tale heroine’s method of decision-making. Infants ignore information that is too…
From the Aalto University press release via Physorg: The human brain is not very well-equipped for analysing multidimensional data. In his doctoral dissertation, Mikko Berg, M.Sc. (Tech.) examined how graphical visualizations can help people to…