Altruism is favored by chance
From the University of Bath media release: Why do we feel good about giving to charity when there is no direct benefit to ourselves, and feel bad about cheating the system? Mathematicians may have found an…
How your parenting style affects your child’s future
From the Kobe University media release: A research group led by NISHIMURA Kazuo (Project Professor at the Kobe University Center for Social Systems Innovation) and YAGI Tadashi (Professor at the Doshisha University Faculty of Economics) have…
Assisted dying for psychiatric disorders: Serious public health impact
From the Canadian Medical Association Journal media release: Offering medical assistance in dying to people in Canada on the basis of psychiatric illnesses could put vulnerable people at risk, argues a commentary in CMAJ (Canadian Medical…
No sweet surrender: Glucose actually enhances self-control, study shows
From the Taylor & Francis media release: In the age of the ‘sugar tax’, good news about glucose is hard to come by. But an Australian scientist has just proposed a new understanding of the…
Emotions in the age of Botox
From the Sissa Medialab media release: Botulin injections in the facial muscles, which relax expression lines and make one’s skin appear younger as a result of a mild paralysis, have another, not easily predictable effect: they…
Benefit of organizational misconduct: Others in group may work harder, study says
From the Johns Hopkins University Carey Business School media release: Misconduct within an organization is generally seen as a predicament at best, a catastrophe at worst. But a new study by a Johns Hopkins University business…
‘Virtual partner’ elicits emotional responses from a human partner in real-time
From the Florida Atlantic University media release: Can machines think? That’s what renowned mathematician Alan Turing sought to understand back in the 1950s when he created an imitation game to find out if a human interrogator…
Evaluating animal threats and human intentions uses common brain network
From the Society for Neuroscience media release: Assessing whether a fluffy bunny or a giant spider poses a threat to our safety happens automatically. New research suggests the same brain areas may be involved in both…
Designing dementia friendly care homes
From the Bournemouth University media release: As the population ages and demography changes, the UK is facing an unprecedented challenge of how to care for and support its older people. While the fact that people are…
Interventional policies and practices needed to prevent bullying and its harm
From the National Academy of Sciences media release: Bullying is a serious public health problem, with significant short- and long-term psychological consequences for both the targets and perpetrators of such behavior, and requires a commitment to…