From the University of Kansas press release via MedicalXpress: Much research in psychology and economics has shown that people are “loss averse,” meaning they tend to weigh losses more strongly than equivalent gains. For example,…
From the University of Exeter press release via ScienceDaily: New research shows that people can recover from poor performance when rivals comment on their failures. The research, to be published in the Journal of Experimental…
From the Stanford University press release by Brooke Donald via HealthCanal: Toddlers who heard praise commending their efforts were more likely as older children to prefer challenges than those who heard praise directed at them…
From the University of Michigan press release via ScienceDaily: Hunger, thirst, stress and drugs can create a change in the brain that transforms a repulsive feeling into a strong positive “wanting,” a new University of…
From the Kingston University press release via AlphaGalileo: Mediocre managers are just as damaging to employee well-being as the more outlandish ‘David Brent’ style nightmare bosses, according to new Kingston University research carried out for…
From the Asociación RUVID press release via ScienceDaily: The widespread belief that dopamine regulates pleasure could go down in history with the latest research results on the role of this neurotransmitter. Researchers have proved that…
From the INSERM (Institut national de la santé et de la recherche médicale) press release via ScienceDaily: Physical inactivity is a major public health problem that has both social and neurobiological causes. According to the…
From the Frontiers press release via EurekAlert!: Children of low socioeconomic status work harder to filter out irrelevant environmental information than those from a high-income background because of learned differences in what they pay attention…
From the Imperial College London press release via MedicalXpress: Stroke patients who have difficulty paying attention to part of their visual field may perform better when offered a reward, a study by Imperial College London…
From the Concordia University press release via EurekAlert!: What if factory foremen treated their workers less like the machines they operate, and more like people, with personality strengths and differences? Surely the workers would benefit,…