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…
From the Northwestern University press release: The way children engage with their teachers, peers and tasks is vital to the success of early-childhood education but greatly underestimated, according to new Northwestern University research. Contrary to…
From the Society for Consumer Psychology press release: Have you ever hosted a party, but as the day approaches, your closest friends say they won’t be able to attend? Or maybe you sent a friend request…