Study suggests cues to help avoid rejection
From the Carnegie Mellon University press release via HealthCanal: Not surprisingly, playing the random “He loves me, he loves me not” game is not the best way to determine if the object of your affection…
Study suggests too much detailed information gets in way of sports predictions
From the Association for Psychological Science press release via HealthCanal: People are worse at predicting whether a sports team will win, lose, or tie when they bet on the final score than when they bet…
Study examines how voices are assessed for attractiveness
From the Public Library of Science press release via ScienceDaily: Deep male voices and high-pitched female voices are perceived as more attractive because listeners gauge the speaker’s body size from the frequency of their voice,…
Study suggests way of handling emotions may influence anxiety
From the University of Illinois press release via HealthCanal: When trouble approaches, what do you do? Run for the hills? Hide? Pretend it isn’t there? Or do you focus on the promise of rain in…
Study suggests wide-eyed fear expressions may help in locating threats
From the Association for Psychological Science press release via HealthCanal: Wide-eyed expressions that typically signal fear may enlarge our visual field and mutually enhance others’ ability to locate threats, according to new research published in…
Study suggests social factors may help explain rise in mental disorder diagnoses
From the NYU press release via Newswise: Examining social factors is vital to better explaining and understanding the dramatic rise in the number of Americans diagnosed with mental disorders in recent years, according to an…
Researchers develop way of measuring fear of missing out
From the University of Essex press release via AlphaGalileo: Does checking Twitter and Facebook to see what your friends are up to make you feel like you are missing out on all the fun? Researchers…
Study suggests rethinking treatment goals improves results for those with persistent anorexia
From the University of Chicago Medicine press release via HealthCanal: A new, multinational randomized clinical trial has found that patients with severe and enduring anorexia nervosa will not only stick with treatments but also make…
Study links early math and reading ability to job and income in adulthood
From the Association for Psychological Science press release: Math and reading ability at age 7 may be linked with socioeconomic status several decades later, according to new research published in Psychological Science, a journal of…
Study suggests toddlers value people who help
From the Queen’s University press release via MedicalXpress: According to a new study out of Queen’s University, even very young children value people that help them and are motivated to return the favour. The study…