From the AFTAU press release: Decision-making is an inevitable part of the human experience, and one of the most mysterious. For centuries, scientists have studied how we go about the difficult task of choosing A…
From Loyola Marymount University press release via EurekAlert!: Prior research has shown that “pre-drinking” by young people leads to heavier drinking and greater harm. A study using Internet cell-phone questionnaires examined pre-drinking by young adults…
From the University of Georgia press release: To boost self-control, gargle sugar water. According to a study co-authored by University of Georgia professor of psychology Leonard Martin published Oct. 22 in Psychological Science, a mouth…
From the SF State University press release via EurekAlert!: Unemployed workers who continue to identify with their former employer report higher well-being even after being fired or laid off from the company, according to a…
From the Public Library of Science press release via EurekAlert!: “Visual diet,” or the images that women see, may be just as critical to their weight preferences as associating certain body types with success, according…
From the University of Bristol press release via EurekAlert!: Professor Alexander Bentley and colleagues found that words commonly used by scientists when discussing climate science – such as ‘biodiversity’, ‘global’, and ‘isotopes’ – follow fashion…
From the Association for Psychological Science press release: Many animal species transmit information via chemical signals, but the extent to which these chemosignals play a role in human communication is unclear. In a new study…
From the Taylor & Francis press release via AlphaGalileo: Comedians publicly ridiculing a presidential candidate may cause audiences to have negative attitudes toward that individual, according to a study by Amy Bree Becker, Assistant Professor…
From the Springer press release: How women think their friends feel about their bodies influences their own body concerns, according to a new study by Dr. Louise Wasylkiw and Molly Williamson from Mount Alison University…
From the Association for Psychological Science press release via ScienceDaily: We humans organize ourselves in myriad kinds of social groups, from scout troops and sports teams to networks of friends, colleagues, or classmates. But how…