From the Association for Psychological Science press release: People rated images containing positive content as fading more smoothly compared with neutral and negative images, even when they faded at the same rate, according to findings published…
From the Springer press release: Although both men and women gossip, women may be more likely to use gossiping and rumour-mongering as tactics to badmouth a potential rival who is competing for a man’s attention.…
From the University of Exeter press release: Women can be just as risk-taking as men — or even more so — when the conventional macho measures of daring — such as betting vast sums on a…
From the University of Utah press release: Many of the infotainment features in most 2017 vehicles are so distracting they should not be enabled while a vehicle is in motion, according to a new study by…
From the University of Southern California press release: New brain research by USC scientists shows that reading stories is a universal experience that may result in people feeling greater empathy for each other, regardless of cultural…
From the Yale University press release: Settling on a parenting style is challenging. Is it better to be strict or more lenient? Have helicopter parents found the right approach to guiding their children’s choices? A new…
From the University of Vermont press release: School officials focused exclusively on bullying prevention efforts might want to consider the findings of a new study showing the highly damaging effects of multiple forms of victimization on…
From the Brigham Young University press release: You know you want to end your relationship, but you’re nervous and don’t want to be hurtful. So you spend the first 10 minutes of your dinner date making…
From the Society for Consumer Psychology press release: While it may seem like a given that people judge others by the brand of clothes they wear, the cars they drive and electronic gadgets they use,…
From the University of Zurich press release: Behavioral experiments have shown that women share a sum of money more generously than men. To gain a more in-depth understanding of this behavior, neuroscientists from the Department of…