From the University of Cambridge media release: It’s long been associated with anger and coarseness but profanity can have another, more positive connotation. Psychologists have learned that people who frequently curse are being more honest. Writing in…
From the British Psychological Society (BPS) media release: Less than half of UK businesses and organisations provide employees with guidance on how to switch off from work when they go home. This is one of…
From the Wolters Kluwer Health: Lippincott Williams and Wilkins media release: People who perceive more discrimination in daily life have higher rates of sleep problems, based on both subjective and objective measures, reports a study in Psychosomatic…
From the Tufts University media release: Learning by taking practice tests, a strategy known as retrieval practice, can protect memory against the negative effects of stress, report scientists from Tufts University in a new study published…
From the Cornell University media release: Social scientists have long studied the relationship between a person’s height and their success in life. Taller people, studies purport, tend to be better educated, earn more money, and have higher…
From the University of Pennsylvania media release: Imagine you’re a CEO trying to get your employees to mg{exercise}. Most health incentive programs have an array of tools — pamphlets, websites, pedometers, coaching, team activities, step…
From the Oxford University Press USA media release: A new study published in the International Journal of Epidemiology indicates that being born either too early or too late may have a long-term effect on children’s academic performance.…
From the University of Kent media release: Research led by the University of Kent shows stimulation of the brain impacts on endurance exercise performance by decreasing perception of effort. The study examined the effect of…
From the Rockefeller University media release: No single neuron produces a thought or a behavior; anything the brain accomplishes is a vast collaborative effort between cells. When at work, neurons talk rapidly to one another, forming networks…
From the New York University media release: Beginning in early elementary school, boys outperform girls in math — especially among the highest achievers — continuing a troubling pattern found in the late 1990s, finds a new analysis…