From the Society for Personality and Social Psychology press release: Public and political apologies have steeply increased in recent times. Yet the sincerity of those apologies and how they are received by victims varies widely.…
From the UC Berkeley Haas School of Business press release: How often do you act impulsively without considering the consequences? What if you could learn how to be more patient? By using functional MRI (fMRI)…
From the Society for Consumer Psychology press release: Most people who buy a new car, electronic device or music album online want to enjoy the purchase as long as possible, but researchers have discovered something…
From the University of Eastern Finland press release: Psychiatric disorders do not increase the risk of Alzheimer’s disease, according to a recent study from the University of Eastern Finland. However, the prevalence of psychiatric diagnoses…
From the University of Texas at Arlington press release: A researcher at The University of Texas at Arlington has used mathematical modeling to demonstrate that negative peer pressures can spread in a high-risk setting, influencing…
From the Michigan State University press release: “Why do I have to learn this?” It’s a common question among youth, but new research out of Michigan State University suggests students perform much better academically when…
From the University of Helsinki press release: A multidisciplinary study, run by researcher Marja-Liisa Halko from the University of Helsinki, asks whether entrepreneurs love their companies like parents love their children. The study used functional…
From the Duke University press release: “Intellectual humility” has been something of a wallflower among personality traits, receiving far less scholarly attention than such brash qualities as egotism or hostility. Yet this little-studied characteristic may…
From the American Psychological Association (APA) press release: When people think about climate change, they probably think first about its effects on the environment, and possibly on their physical health. But climate change also takes a…
From the University of Cambridge press release: Schoolchildren who receive words of encouragement from a teacher are significantly more likely to continue their education beyond the age of 16 than those who do not, a…