From the Brown University press release: This week, as tens of millions of Americans awaited the baseball season’s first pitches, Brown University psychologist Fiery Cushman was watching more warily for the first beanballs. As someone…
From the Association for Psychological Science press release: When we try to put ourselves in someone else’s shoes, we usually go all the way, assuming that they feel the same way we do. But a…
From the Purdue University press release: Golfers looking to improve their putting may find an advantage in visualizing the hole as bigger, according to a new study from Purdue University. “People in our study made…
From the Ryerson University press release via Newswise: A new Ryerson University study has found that some preschoolers may perceive overweight children to be not as “nice”. “A child’s perception of body image is influenced…
From the University of Notre Dame press release: When facing a scandal, an organization must first consider what’s under attack. Is it the firm’s character or the quality of its product? A new study by…
From the BYU press release via HealthCanal: Setting a price limit when shopping often backfires, according to new research from Brigham Young University and Emory University marketing professors. The study found that merely thinking about…
From the University of South Carolina press release via Newswise: Beach rental companies could earn bigger profits this summer if they know when to market a vacation stay for two weeks rather than 14 days.…
From the Journal of Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics press release via AlphaGalileo: An investigation published in the current issue of Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics explores the processing of body pictures in binge eating. Previous research suggests that…
From the Max-Planck-Gesellschaft press release: One cup or two faces? What we believe we see in one of the most famous optical illusions changes in a split second; and so does the path that the…
From the BioMed Central Limited press release via AlphaGalileo: Bite size depends on the familiarity and texture of food. Smaller bite sizes are taken for foods which need more chewing and smaller bite sizes are…