From the University of Chicago press release by William Harms via ScienceDaily: Mathematics anxiety can prompt a response in the brain similar to when a person experiences physical pain, according to new research at the…
From the Public Library of Science press release via ScienceDaily: Children as young as five are generous when others are aware of their actions, but antisocial when sharing with a recipient who can’t see them,…
From the Taylor & Francis press release via AlphaGalileo: The latest research on the impact of cyberbullying on children has just been collected in a special double issue of the journal Emotional and Behavioural Difficulties,…
From the Max-Planck-Gesellschaft press release: In many areas of our everyday lives, goals are the norm. That not all of them are effective, however, is something which anyone who has seen their New Year resolutions…
From the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign press release via ScienceDaily: Partisans beware! Some of your most cherished political attitudes may be malleable! Researchers report that simply answering three “why” questions on an innocuous topic…
From the Association for Psychological Science press release via HealthCanal: You push a button to call the elevator to your floor and you wait for what seems like forever, thinking it must be broken. When…
From the Nottingham University press release via HealthCanal: Cyberbullying – using modern communications technology such as e-mails, texts or web-postings to abuse people – is as common in the workplace as ‘conventional’ bullying. Yet, the…
From the Pennsylvania State University press release via EurekAlert!: Contrary to popular perception, stressors don’t cause health problems — it’s people’s reactions to the stressors that determine whether they will suffer health consequences, according to…
From the University of Iowa press release: Many educators have long believed that when words differ on only one sound, early readers can learn the rules of phonics by focusing on what is different between…
From the University of Illinois press release by Diana Yates: Liberals and conservatives who are polarized on certain politically charged subjects become more moderate when reading political arguments in a difficult-to-read font, researchers report in…