From the University of Exeter press release via EurekAlert!: Health organisations need to give careful consideration to schemes which encourage people with chronic diseases to seek support from peers, to avoid the potential negative effects,…
From the Linköping University press release via ScienceDaily: A study that was presented in Nature last year attracted a great deal of attention when it asserted that intuition promotes cooperation. But a group of researchers…
From the University of New Hampshire press release via EurekAlert!: Fights between siblings – from toy-snatching to clandestine whacks to being banished from the bedroom – are so common they’re often dismissed as simply part…
From the University of Kent press release via HealthCanal: New published research from psychologists at the universities of Kent and Witten/Herdecke has shown that mindfulness meditation has the ability to temporarily alter practitioners’ perceptions of…
From the Public Library of Science press release via ScienceDaily: The act of describing a feeling such as anger may have a significant impact on the body’s physiological response to the situation that elicits the…
From the Newcastle University press release via MedicalXpress: The sound of small children chattering has always been considered cute – but not particularly sophisticated. However, research by a Newcastle University expert has shown their speech…
From the Journal of Consumer Research, Inc. press release via AlphaGalileo: Consumers seated in circular arrangements feel a greater need to belong than those seated in angular layouts, according to a new study in the…
From the University of Michigan press release via EurekAlert!: Facebook connections can help first-generation college applicants believe in their abilities to both apply to school and excel once they’ve enrolled, according to a new study…
From the San Francisco State University press release via EurekAlert!: As Father’s Day draws near, psychologist Jeff Cookston says dads should ask their children for a little more feedback than they might get with the…
From the University of Oxford press release via EurekAlert!: A faith in the explanatory and revealing power of science increases in the face of stress or anxiety, a study by Oxford University psychologists suggests. The…