The secret to staying motivated
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…
Study suggests gender gap in sciences have to do with girls’ confidence level, not their math ability
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…
Study looks at perceptions of group decisions vs. individual decisions
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…
Strong early education linked with better long-term relationships with parents
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…
Linguistic and cultural knowledge affect whether languages are identified correctly
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…
Research into the roots of justice may contain hints for solving social ills
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…
Too much structured knowledge hurts creativity
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…
Children with autism find understanding facial expressions difficult but make similar mistakes as peers
From the University of Bristol press release: Young people with autism spectrum conditions (ASC) have difficulties recognising and distinguishing between different facial expressions, according to research from one of the largest studies to look at…
Stress a common seizure trigger in epilepsy
From the University of Cincinnati Academic Health Center press release: Patients with epilepsy face many challenges, but perhaps the most difficult of all is the unpredictability of seizure occurrence. One of the most commonly reported triggers…
Lack of leisure: Is busyness the new status symbol?
From the Journal of Consumer Research press release: Long gone are the days when a life of material excess and endless leisure time signified prestige. According to a new study in the Journal of Consumer…