From the University of Wisconsin-Madison press release via HealthCanal: High levels of family stress in infancy are linked to differences in everyday brain function and anxiety in teenage girls, according to new results of a…
From the University of Chicago press release via EurekAlert!: A pre-election survey by the independent research organization NORC at the University of Chicago found that party affiliation alters how people react to political as well…
From the Oregon State University press release: Many baby boomers want to improve the way people view aging, but an Oregon State University researcher has found they often reinforce negative stereotypes of old age when…
From the Springer press release via MedicalXpress: People can lip-read themselves better than they can lip-read others, according to a new study by Nancy Tye-Murray and colleagues from Washington University. Their work, which explores the…
From the Northwestern University press release by Hilary Hurd Anyaso: A new Northwestern University study shows the power of language in infants’ ability to understand the intentions of others. As the babies watched intently, an…
From the University of Georgia press release via EurekAlert!: Young adult women are engaging in heavy drinking behavior in greater numbers. A new study has looked at the influence of impulsivity-related traits and drinking motives…
From the National Institute for Physiological Sciences (Japan) press release: A team of Japanese scientists have found scientific proof that people doing exercises appear to perform better when another person compliments them. The research was…
From the Wellcome Trust press release via EurekAlert!: Researchers supported by the Wellcome Trust have discovered that we use a different part of our brain to learn about social hierarchies than we do to learn…
From the University of Milano-Bicocca press release via EurekAlert!: Emotions are often implicit undertones to our communication interactions, and decoding them requires substantial social and cognitive abilities. Prior research has shown that chronic alcoholics often…
From the Springer Select press release: For the first time, the dynamics of how Facebook user communities are formed have been identified, revealing surprisingly few large communities and innumerable highly connected small-size communities. These findings…