From the NYU press release: When “the dress” went viral in 2015, millions were divided on its true colors: gold and white or black and blue? In a new study, New York University neuroscientist Pascal…
From the Hokkaido University press release: When anonymity between people is lifted, they more likely cooperate with each other. Playing nice can thereby become a winning strategy, an international team of scientists shows in a…
From the Veterinärmedizinische Universität Wien press release: Humans are able to interpret the behaviour of others by attributing mental states to them (and to themselves). By adopting the perspectives of other persons, they can assume their…
From the Society for Consumer Psychology press release: Have you ever started off well on a new goal such as losing weight or saving more money, only to find that motivation fizzles after a period…
From the Florida State University press release: When it comes to mathematics, girls rate their abilities markedly lower than boys, even when there is no observable difference between the two, according to Florida State University…
From the Bocconi University press release: Decision-making is a crucial aspect of organizational life, and we know quite a lot about how group and individual decisions are made. Less is known, however, about how these…
From the Virginia Tech press release: Children who are given high-quality education at an early age — starting at six weeks old and continuing through their first five years of life — are more likely…
From the PLOS press release: A popular online game shows how linguistic and cultural knowledge may affect whether players can correctly identify different languages, according to a study published April 5, 2017 in the open-access…
From the Kyoto University press release: We recognize justice before we can talk, reports a research team in Nature Human Behaviour. The Kyoto-based study demonstrates that human infants recognize heroic acts from early stages of…
From the University of Toronto, Rotman School of Management press release: Structure organizes human activities and help us understand the world with less effort, but it can be the killer of creativity, concludes a study from…