From the Association for Psychological Science press release via HealthCanal: Overprecision — excessive confidence in the accuracy of our beliefs — can have profound consequences, inflating investors’ valuation of their investments, leading physicians to gravitate…
From the University of Kent press release via HealthCanal: New research published by a team of international psychologists has shown that people can suppress incriminating memories and thereby avoid detection in brain activity guilt detection…
From the Case Western Reserve University press release via ScienceDaily: About one of every two people diagnosed with posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) also suffer symptoms of depression, according to new research by Case Western Reserve…
From the University of Missouri press release via HealthCanal: Currently, many recent college graduates still face the daunting task of searching for a job. While the job search process can be long and exhausting, a…
From the Cornell University press release via EurekAlert!: College-aged women judge promiscuous female peers — defined by bedding 20 sexual partners by their early 20s — more negatively than more chaste women and view them…
From the Public Library of Science press release via EurekAlert!: Individuals suffering from anorexia nervosa perceive their bodies as being larger than they are and this disturbed body representation affects their movements, according to research…
From the Taylor & Francis press release via AlphaGalileo: In a recent study by Routledge Journal’s Media Psychology, entitled “Feeling better but doing worse: Effects of Facebook self-presentation on implicit self esteem and cognitive task…
From the University of Colorado Denver press release via EurekAlert!: Clinicians often wait too long before talking to elderly patients about giving up driving even though many may be open to those discussions earlier, according…
From the Indiana University press release via EurekAlert!: A new study conducted by a team of Indiana University neuroscientists demonstrates that GLT1, a protein that clears glutamate from the brain, plays a critical role in…
From the American Institute of Physics press release via EurekAlert!: During command and control operations, military personnel are frequently exposed to extreme auditory overload – essentially bombarded by multiple messages coming from radio networks, loudspeakers,…