From the INSEAD press release: Energy drinks adverts high on risk taking and a lack of inhibition, profoundly influence the way young people believe they are intoxicated when they are mixing them with alcohol. When…
From the Cell Press press release: Does the experience of beauty require a person to think? And can sensuous pleasures, like eating or sex, be beautiful? Such questions have long preoccupied philosophers, with Immanuel Kant…
From the International Communication Association press release: Most human interactions with robots come from behind a screen. Whether it’s fiction or a real-life interaction, rarely are we put face to face with a robot. This…
From the Queensland University of Technology press release: A test to assess the effect of red Smarties on happiness has been used to teach the often “dull” or “boring” concepts of clinical research. The study,…
From the Association for Psychological Science press release: People typically report substantive changes to their personality when they become intoxicated, but observations from outsiders suggest less drastic differences between “sober” and “drunk” personalities, according to…
From the CNRS press release: Researchers at the Institut Jean Le Rond d’Alembert (CNRS/UPMC) have shown that recently-made violins have better sound projection1than those built by the famous violinmaker Antonio Stradivarius. This study, published in…
From the University of Western Ontario press release: Turn that frown upside-down? Not if you’re keen on looking younger, you shouldn’t. A new study shows that smiling can make you appear to be two years…
From the University at Buffalo press release: The Sopranos‘ Tony Soprano and Walter White from Breaking Bad rank among recent television drama’s most notorious protagonists, each of questionable morality. So, here’s the question: Do you…
From the UC Berkeley press release: People may instinctively know right from wrong, but determining if someone has good moral character is not a black and white endeavor. According to new research by Berkeley-Haas Assoc.…
From the Texas A&M University press release: How can you ever really know someone? Researchers at Texas A&M University found our perceived knowledge of others’ “true selves” is inherently tied to perceptions of their morality.…