From the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign press release via EurekAlert!: Researchers report that a single, 20-minute session of Hatha yoga significantly improved participants’ speed and accuracy on tests of working memory and inhibitory control,…
From the McMaster University press release via ScienceDaily: New research from McMaster University suggests women can remember faces better than men, in part because they spend more time studying features without even knowing it, and…
From the McGill University press release via MedicalXpress: Children of women who did not finish high school were twice as likely to experience a major episode of depression in early adulthood as children whose mothers…
From the Endocrine Society press release via EurekAlert!: Practicing a form of meditation and stretching can help relieve symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder and normalize stress hormone levels, according to a recent study accepted for…
From the Friedrich Schiller University Jena press release via EurekAlert!: Entrepreneurship plays an important role for the prosperity of today’s modern societies. Those who want to found a company under their own steam and who…
From the University of Washington press release by Michael Mccarthy via MedicalXpress: Patients with diabetes who are depressed are much more likely to develop episodes of dangerously low blood sugars, or hypoglycemia, than are those…
From the University of Glasgow press release via MedicalXpress: The human brain is able to identify individuals’ voices by comparing them against an internal ‘average voice’ prototype, according to neuroscientists. A study carried out by…
From the Columbus State University press release via ScienceDaily: At least for real estate agents, it turns out that beauty is indeed more than skin deep. A recent study of physical attractiveness and how it…
From the Association for Psychological Science press release via ScienceDaily: Until now, little was scientifically known about the human potential to cultivate compassion — the emotional state of caring for people who are suffering in…
From the Journal of Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics press release via AlphaGalileo: A study published in the current issue of P&P found that inability to express emotions (alexithymia) may cause delay in seeking attention. Thus, psychological…