From the University of Kansas press release: A new investigation appearing this week in the Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin suggests a strong association between a person’s attachment style — how avoidant or anxious people are in their…
From the Washington University in St. Louis press release: Behind the chubby cheeks and bright eyes of babies as young as 8 months lies the smoothly whirring mind of a social statistician, logging our every move…
From the University of British Columbia press release: New research is challenging the age-old adage that money can’t buy happiness. The study, led by researchers at the University of British Columbia and Harvard Business School, suggests…
From the Society for Consumer Psychology press release: Have you ever faced the daunting task of deciding what gift to give a significant other, friend or relative? And once you finally find a gift, will it…
From the Society for Research in Child Development press release: Almost 1.2 million violent crimes — homicide, sexual assault, assault, and robbery — were committed in the United States in 2015, according to the U.S. Department…
From the University of Wisconsin-Madison press release: The smile may be the most common and flexible expression, used to reveal some emotions, cover others and manage social interactions that have kept communities secure and organized for…
From the University of Stirling press release: Young people who have tried an e-cigarette may be more likely to go on to smoke cigarettes compared with those who have not, a study led by University of…
From the Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne (EPFL) press release: Schizophrenia patients often experience an altered sense of self, e.g. as if someone else is controlling their actions. This impairment is described as a deficit in…
From the University of Kent press release: Whether people believe they are ‘intuitive’ or not may have no bearing on how they perform in tasks that require intuition, according to new research by psychologists at the…
From the Association for Psychological Science press release: Data from a longitudinal study of over 500,000 people in the United Kingdom indicate that having higher levels of the personality trait neuroticism may reduce the risk of…