From the University of California – Davis press release: Being able to assess our own memories helps us to avoid errors and prompts us to collect more information to fill the gaps. Psychologists know that this…
From the University of Seville press release: Professor Ana Mancera Rueda, from the Department of Spanish Language, Linguistics and Literary Theory at the University of Seville, has carried out research on false profiles, or ‘fakes’, of…
From the Harvard University press release: Josh Buckholtz wants to change the way you think about psychopaths — and he’s willing to go to prison to do it. An Associate Professor of Psychology, Buckholtz is…
From the Massachusetts Institute of Technology press release: Want to boost collaboration among researchers? Even in an age of easy virtual communication, physical proximity increases collaborative activity among academic scholars, according to a new study examining…
From the Association for Psychological Science press release: Numerous studies have shown that being prompted to think about money can predispose people to engage in self-sufficient thinking and behavior — but some findings suggest that…
From the Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg, JMU press release: Parents scold their children to correct their behaviour, hoping that their offspring will discontinue their misbehaviour as a result. What’s paradoxical about this kind of punishment is that it…
From the Wiley press release: Delayed-onset post-traumatic symptoms in the elderly may be misdiagnosed as falling under the umbrella of behavioural and psychological symptoms of dementia (BPSD), according to a recent review. The review describes…
From the University of Kent press release: Some people experience intense aversion and anxiety when they see clusters of roughly circular shapes, such as the bubbles in a cup of coffee or the holes in…
From the PLOS press release: Research using computer-animated 3D faces suggests that less is more for a successful smile, according to a study published June 28, 2017 in the open-access journal PLOS ONE by Nathaniel…
From the St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital press release: Learning language or music is usually a breeze for children, but as even young adults know, that capacity declines dramatically with age. St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital…