From the Rotman School of Management, University of Toronto press release: Businesses will get more accurate assessments of potential and current employees if they do away with self-rated personality tests and ask those being assessed…
From the Association for Psychological Science press release: Your emotions can certainly impact your decisions, but you might be surprised by the extent to which your emotions affect your pocketbook. New research from psychological scientist…
From the Johns Hopkins University press release via EurekAlert!: For most of history, humans rose with the sun and slept when it set. Enter Thomas Edison, and with a flick of a switch, night became…
From the University of Cincinnati press release: Although many people look forward to getting away on vacation or just putting their feet up at home, there are others who can get as anxious about taking…
From the AFTAU press release: From monsters under the bed to bogeymen in the closet, most children experience nighttime fears at some point in their development. And while most grow out of them without any…
From the SUNY Buffalo press release via Newswise: Animals that are socially isolated for prolonged periods make less myelin in the region of the brain responsible for complex emotional and cognitive behavior, researchers at the…
From the University of Rochester Medical Center press release: Under certain circumstances neuroticism can be good for your health, according to a University of Rochester Medical Center study showing that some self-described neurotics also tended…
From the University of Massachusetts at Amherst press release via EurekAlert!: It may seem like common sense that the quality of online video streaming affects how willing viewers are to watch videos at a website.…
From the University of Chicago Press Journals press release via EurekAlert!: Different units can be used to describe product features, but what may seem a rather arbitrary choice may have profound consequences for consumer product…
From the George Mason University press release via MedicalXpress: A new study published in the Journal of Happiness Studies found that the degree to which a disease disrupts daily functioning is associated with reduced happiness.…