From the University of Chicago Press Journals press release via ScienceDaily: When charity recipients seem to belong to a cohesive group, donors will make stronger judgments about the victims, which leads to greater concern and…
From the UC Berkeley press release via EurekAlert!: Researchers have long known that people are very frequently overconfident – that they tend to believe they are more physically talented, socially adept, and skilled at their…
From the Association for Psychological Science press release: In every election cycle, politicians on both sides of the aisle are accused of practicing ‘dirty politics.’ Neither side is immune from these charges but research from…
From the University of Cincinnati press release: When companies combine different pricing structures – such as asking for effort or information in combination with or instead of money – consumers perceive a greater risk in…
From the Association for Psychological Science press release: Many of the long term goals people strive for — like losing weight — require us to use self-control and forgo immediate gratification. And yet denying our…
From the Duke University press release via EurekAlert!: If past experience makes you think there’s going to be one more cashew at the bottom of the bowl, you’re likely to search through those mixed nuts…
From the Norwegian University of Science and Technology press release via ScienceDaily: They’re everywhere — in magazines, on the Internet, on television—people with super-thin bodies who are presented as having the ideal body form. But…
From the Springer press release via EurekAlert!: Trusting research over their guts, scientists in New Zealand and Canada examined the phenomenon Stephen Colbert, comedian and news satirist, calls “truthiness”—the feeling that something is true. In…
From the Perelman School of Medicine press release via ScienceDaily: Greening vacant lots may make neighborhood residents feel safer and may be associated with reductions in certain gun crimes, according to a new study from…
From the University College London press release: When we focus intently on one task, we often fail to see other things in plain sight – a phenomenon known as ‘inattention blindness’. Scientists already know that…