From the Public Library of Science press release via EurekAlert!: A one-sided cellphone conversation in the background is likely to be much more distracting than overhearing a conversation between two people, according to research published…
From the University of Pennsylvania press release via MedicalXpress: The brain’s prefrontal cortex is thought to be the seat of cognitive control, working as a kind of filter that keeps irrelevant thoughts, perceptions and memories…
From the Association for Psychological Science press release via HealthCanal: We say that time flies, it marches on, it flows like a river — our descriptions of time are closely linked to our experiences of…
From the Springer press release: To successfully treat pathological gambling, you need to intervene at an early stage, according to Susana Jiménez-Murcia from the University Hospital of Bellvitge in Spain and colleagues. Their study shows…
From the Ruhr-Universität Bochum press release via EurekAlert!: In a long-term study, Prof. Dr. Jürgen Margraf, Alexander von Humboldt Professor for Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy at the RUB, investigated the psychological effects of plastic surgery…
From the Association for Psychological Science press release: Infants as young as nine months old prefer individuals who are nice to people like them and mean to people who aren’t like them, according to a…
From the British Psychological Society (BPS) press release via ScienceDaily: Chewing gum can help you stay focused for longer on tasks that require continuous monitoring. This is the finding of new research by Kate Morgan…
From the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) press release via ScienceDaily: Researchers in the UK have taken an important step towards understanding how the human brain ‘decodes’ letters on a page to read a…
From the KU Leuven press release via EurekAlert!: Mindfulness is a form of meditation therapy focused on exercising ‘attentiveness’. Depression is often rooted in a downward spiral of negative feelings and worries. Once a person…
From the University of Liverpool press release via MedicalXpress: Research led by a psychologist at the University of Liverpool has found that using memories of recent meals reduces the amount of food eaten later on. …