Study examines why babies cry
From the Plataforma SINC press release via AlphaGalileo: Spanish researchers have studied adults’ accuracy in the recognition of the emotion causing babies to cry. Eye movement and the dynamic of the cry play a key…
Study suggests gender differences in organization of online social networks
From the Santa Fe Institute press release via ScienceDaily: Men and women socialize differently, and it turns out these gender differences hold true in online games that involve social interaction. A new quantitative study of…
Study suggests brief interventions may help maintain marital satisfaction
From the Association for Psychological Science press release via HealthCanal: Marital satisfaction — so critical to health and happiness — generally declines over time. A brief writing intervention that helps spouses adopt a more objective…
Study shows brain’s response to scary stimuli
From the University of Florida press release via MedicalXpress: Driving through his hometown, a war veteran with post-traumatic stress disorder may see roadside debris and feel afraid, believing it to be a bomb. He’s ignoring…
Study links resilience to higher energy levels
From the Florida State University press release via Newswise: People with a more resilient personality profile are more likely to have greater energy levels. That’s one of the conclusions from a four-year research project led…
Study suggests happily married couples tend to consider themselves healthier
From the University of Missouri press release via HealthCanal: Research shows that married people have better mental and physical health than their unmarried peers and are less likely to develop chronic conditions than their widowed…
Study suggests billboards emotionally distract drivers
From the University of Alberta press release via ScienceDaily: There’s a billboard up ahead, a roadside sign full of language and imagery. Next stop: the emotionally distracted zone. One University of Alberta researcher has discovered…
Eye movement study reveals reading impairments in schizophrenia
From the McGill University press release via EurekAlert!: A study of eye movements in schizophrenia patients provides new evidence of impaired reading fluency in individuals with the mental illness. The findings, by researchers at McGill…
Study examines motivations for consumption of luxury goods
From the University of Delaware press release via ScienceDaily: A young woman in Tokyo pays 243,000 Yen for a Louis Vuitton suitcase emblazoned with the company’s iconic monogram. A continent away, another woman purchases the…
Study suggests self-objectification may inhibit social activism in women
From the Association for Psychological Science press release via HealthCanal: Women who live in a culture in which they are objectified by others may in turn begin to objectify themselves. This kind of self-objectification may…