From the Association for Psychological Science press release: Children who have been spanked by their parents by age 5 show an increase in behavior problems at age 6 and age 8 relative to children who…
From the University College London press release: Adolescents whose fathers have depressive symptoms are more likely to experience symptoms of depression themselves, finds a new study led by UCL researchers. While the link between mothers’…
From the BioMed Central press release: Desk-based workers would like to spend less time sitting down and more time walking or doing physical activity as part of their working day, research published in the open…
From the Drexel University press release: When healthier food, like vegetables and dairy products, is pricier compared to unhealthy items, like salty snacks and sugary sweets, Americans are significantly less likely to have a high-quality…
From the University of York press release: Researchers at the University of York have discovered a link between young people’s ability to perform well at two popular video games and high levels of intelligence. Studies…
From the Frontiers press release: A study of the effect of alcohol on long-term relationships finds that when a male prairie vole has access to alcohol, but his female partner doesn’t, the relationship suffers —…
From the Anglia Ruskin University press release: Altruistic people are said to be “kind hearted” — and new research published in the journal Scientific Reports shows that generous people really are more in touch with their own…
From the Frontiers press release: New research identifies age, gender, personality and how often people drive as potential risk factors for becoming distracted while driving. Young men, extroverted or neurotic people, and people who drive…
From the New York University press release: The value of the products we encounter influences how much we’ll subsequently pay for other items, new neuroscience research has found. The results point to a previously undetected…
From the Binghamton University press release: Emoticons, irregular spellings and exclamation points in text messages aren’t sloppy or a sign that written language is going down the tubes — these “textisms” help convey meaning and…