From the Michigan State University press release: You don’t need the charisma of Steve Jobs to be an effective boss, indicates new research led by Michigan State University business scholars. In a series of five…
From the University of Washington press release: A favorite childhood pastime — swinging on the playground swing set — also may be teaching kids how to get along. The measured, synchronous movement of children on…
From the Carnegie Mellon University press release: Adolescents face many challenging decisions. So, do consumers. A new paper published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences shows how collaborations between psychologists and economists…
From the University of Exeter press release: Stimulating the brain by taking on leadership roles at work or staying on in education help people stay mentally healthy in later life, according to new research. The…
From the Research Organization of Information and Systems press release: Have you ever wondered why just seeing food can make your mouth start to water? By visualizing neuronal activity in specific areas of the zebrafish brain,…
From the UCLA press release: UCLA-led research has found that students in a college mathematics course experienced a phenomenon similar to repression, the psychological process in which people forget emotional or traumatic events to protect…
From the Florida Atlantic University press release: A new study of Spanish-English bilingual children by researchers at Florida Atlantic University published in the journal Developmental Science finds that when children learn two languages from birth…
From the British Psychological Society press release: Friendships play a vital role in helping people get through substantial challenges in life, according to a new study. Until now, little research has been carried out into…
From the University of Iowa press release: For adults, crossing the street by foot seems easy. You take stock of the traffic and calculate the time it will take to get from one side to…
From the Brown University press release: In a new study of a Brown University scholarly course on mindfulness that also included meditation labs, researchers found that the practice on average significantly helped women overcome “negative…