From the University of Delaware press release: Tricks and illusions, once the domain of magicians, are helping scientists unveil how the brain works. Here’s one you can try using a tabletop mirror. Place your left hand…
From the University of Washington press release: The charismatic colleague, the natural leader, the life of the party — all are personal qualities that adults recognize instinctively. These socially dominant types, according to repeated studies, also…
From the Michigan State University press release: Why is social media such a hard habit to break? Because it makes us feel good, said Michigan State University’s Allison Eden, assistant professor in the Department of Communication.…
From the New York University press release: People with higher cognitive abilities are more likely to learn and apply social stereotypes, finds a new study. The results, stemming from a series of experiments, show that those…
From the Massachusetts Institute of Technology press release: Do you know your country’s current inflation rate? What do you think it will be in the future? And how do you, personally, try to plan your finances…
From the Society for Consumer Psychology press release: Have you ever faced the daunting task of deciding what gift to give a significant other, friend or relative? And once you finally find a gift, will it…
From the University of Wisconsin-Madison press release: The smile may be the most common and flexible expression, used to reveal some emotions, cover others and manage social interactions that have kept communities secure and organized for…
From the Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne (EPFL) press release: Schizophrenia patients often experience an altered sense of self, e.g. as if someone else is controlling their actions. This impairment is described as a deficit in…
From the University of Kent press release: Whether people believe they are ‘intuitive’ or not may have no bearing on how they perform in tasks that require intuition, according to new research by psychologists at the…
From the BioMed Central press release: People can detect a fake image of a real-world scene only 60% of the time, and even then can only tell what is wrong with the image 45% of…