From the Harvard Medical School press release via MedicalXpress: Scientists have long pondered the roots of aggression—and ways to temper it. Now, new research is beginning to illuminate the cellular-level circuitry responsible for modulating aggression…
From the Princeton University press release via MedicalXpress: Michael North, a fifth-year graduate student in psychology at Princeton University, knew he was lucky to land a summer research position at the University of Michigan after…
From the Indiana University press release via Physorg: Maybe rocker Greg Kihn was being prophetic in his 1981 hit, “The Breakup Song,” with its chorus, “They don’t write ’em like that anymore.” An Indiana University…
From the International Communication Association press release via EurekAlert!: From the T-101 to Data from Star Trek, humans have been presented with the fictional dilemma of how we empathize with robots. Robots now infiltrate our…
From the University College London press release via MedicalXpress: Predicting the winner of a sporting event with accuracy close to that of a statistical computer program could be possible with proper training, according to researchers.…
From the UC Berkeley press release via HealthCanal: “You always think about stress as a really bad thing, but it’s not,” said Daniela Kaufer, associate professor of integrative biology at the University of California, Berkeley.…
From the Michigan State University press release: Humans, when alone, see threats as closer than they actually are. But mix in people from a close group, and that misperception disappears. In other words, there’s safety…
From the University of Notre Dame press release via ScienceDaily: Concrete objects — such as toys, tiles and blocks — that students can touch and move around, called manipulatives, have been used to teach basic…
From the Association for Psychological Science press release via HealthCanal: Teenagers are risk-takers — they’re more likely than children or adults to experiment with illicit substances, have unprotected sex, and drive recklessly. But research shows…
From the University of Gothenburg press release via EurekAlert!: The photo-sharing application Instagram is used by millions of people around the world daily. In the media, the social media phenomenon is sometimes dismissed as trivial…