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Study suggests smiling is perceived as more cool

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From the Society for Consumer Psychology press release: For many people, one of the unspoken rules for being cool is maintaining an emotionally inexpressive attitude. This message is reinforced through advertisements where fashion models rarely… 

Study suggests the emotions we feel may shape what we see

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From the Association for Psychological Science press release: Our emotional state in a given moment may influence what we see, according to findings published in Psychological Science, a journal of the Association for Psychological Science. In… 

Study looks at effects of marriage on depression

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From the Georgia State University press release: People who are married and earning less than $60,000 per year in total household income have fewer symptoms of depression than comparable earning unmarried people, but for couples… 

Why do some children read more?

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From the Wiley press release: A new study of more than 11,000 7-year-old twins found that how well children read determines how much they read, not vice versa. Furthermore, the authors of the Journal of Child… 

Spoken language reveals how people develop and mature

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From the Florida Atlantic University press release: When people think of “personality,” they are likely to think of traits such as warmth or extraversion. For example, a person with high extraversion tends to exhibit an…