From the University of Nottingham press release via AlphaGalileo: Playing simple games using words and pictures can help people to learn a new language with greater ease, researchers from The University of Nottingham have shown.…
From the USC press release via HealthCanal: Adding social gaming elements to a behavior tracking program led people to exercise more frequently and helped them decrease their body-mass index, according to new research from the…
From the Association for Psychological Science press release via HealthCanal: Individuals from stigmatized groups choose to present themselves in ways that counteract the specific stereotypes and prejudices associated with their group, according to a new…
From the University of Manchester press release via HealthCanal: Young people seeking help who are at high risk of developing psychosis could significantly reduce their chances of going on to develop a full-blown psychotic illness…
From the University of Michigan press release via HealthCanal: People feel happy about their future even after imagining the many bad events that might occur, a new University of Michigan study found. People tend to…
From the British Psychological Society (BPS) press release via AlphaGalileo: If you are negotiating with someone who has more power than you it is a good idea to avoid face-to-face meetings. That is the conclusion…
From the USC Health Sciences press release via EurekAlert!: The company you keep in junior high school may have more influence on your smoking behavior than your high school friends, according to newly published research…
From the University of Missouri press release: In December of last year the New York Post published images of a man about to be killed by a train while several bystanders did little to help…
From the University of Adelaide press release via HealthCanal: University of Adelaide researchers are studying the reliability of eyewitness identification testimony in criminal cases in the hopes of improving evidence from witnesses and leading to…
From the Cell Press press release via EurekAlert!: Slow oscillations in brain activity, which occur during so-called slow-wave sleep, are critical for retaining memories. Researchers reporting online April 11 in the Cell Press journal Neuron…