From the Pennsylvania State University press release via EurekAlert!: Living in a caring community may help curb teenage alcohol use, while hanging out with antisocial peers can have the opposite effect, according to Penn State…
From the Association for Psychological Science press release: In the face of hard times, which strategy gives us the best shot at survival: saving for the future or spending resources on immediate gains? The answer…
From the Duke University press release via EurekAlert!: A monkey would probably never agree that it is better to give than to receive, but they do apparently get some reward from giving to another monkey.…
From the University of Luxemburg press release via EurekAlert!: “Survivors of heart attacks are three times more likely to develop depression during the first six months after their heart attack, than people with no heart…
From the Duke University press release via ScienceDaily: Two years of painstaking observation on the social interactions of a troop of free-ranging monkeys and an analysis of their family trees has found signs of natural…
From the Tulane University press release via ScienceDaily: When it comes to calculating their odds of getting the flu, consumers look to an unlikely gauge — the price of the flu shot — to measure…
From the Public Library of Science press release via EurekAlert!: You may have to be over a certain age to be a contestant on “Deal or No Deal”, but children as young as five start…
From the British Psychological Society (BPS) press release via AlphaGalileo: Most of us think of being bored at work as a negative experience, but a new study suggests it can have positive results including an…
From the Public Library of Science press release via EurekAlert!: People view brown-eyed faces as more trustworthy than those with blue eyes, except if the blue eyes belong to a broad-faced man, according to research…
From the University of Rochester press release via MedicalXpress: Using brain scans of children and adults watching Sesame Street, cognitive scientists are learning how children’s brains change as they develop intellectual abilities like reading and…