From the Association for Psychological Science press release: Introducing a less convenient option for hand sanitizing may actually boost workers’ use of hand sanitizer and increase sanitary conditions in the workplace, according to findings in Psychological…
From the Lund University press release: For human beings to function socially, they need to be able to perceive, understand, and talk about others’ mental states, such as beliefs, desires and intentions. There is no…
From the Ruhr-University Bochum press release: Bochum-based philosopher Dr Beate Krickel has used psychoanalysis to investigate why people are often not aware of their prejudices. In her accounts, she has been elaborating how prejudices can…
From the Association for Psychological Science press release: Researchers often use hypothetical scenarios to understand how people grapple with moral quandaries, but experimental results suggest that these scenarios may not always reflect real-life behavior. The…
From the University of California – Davis press release: Long-term and short-term relationships are obviously different from each other. Some people are the type you’d want to marry; others are good primarily for the sex.…
From the Emory Health Sciences press release: From deciding to quit hitting the snooze button and get out of bed in the morning to opting to switch off the TV and prepare for sleep at…
From the Society for Neuroscience press release: Control aversion — the urge to rebel against control over one’s decisions — can be explained by connectivity between two regions of the brain as well as behavioral…
From the Ruhr-University Bochum press release: Stress can have a positive effect on extinction learning, which causes previously learned associations to dissolve. According to the findings of cognitive psychologists at Ruhr-Universität Bochum, stress causes extinction…
From the Florida Atlantic University press release: Making a friend is hard work. Keeping one is even harder, especially for young children. A novel study published in the Journal of Family Psychology sheds light on why childhood…
From the University of Southern California press release: The gaming experience over the last decade has evolved tremendously and player-customized avatars, or virtual doppelgangers, are becoming more realistic every day. Past studies have shown women…