From the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society press release via ScienceDaily: The personality and gender of the automated voices you hear when calling your credit card company or receiving directions from your GPS navigational system…
From the Association for Psychological Science press release: When you rear-end the car in front of you at a stoplight, you may feel a mix of different emotions such as anger, anxiety, and guilt. The…
From the Springer Science+Business Media press release via AlphaGalileo: People with psychopathic tendencies have an impaired sense of smell, which points to inefficient processing in the front part of the brain. These findings by Mehmet…
From the Boston University College of Arts & Sciences via Newswise: A shared meal has consistently been valued for its social and health benefits—it’s recognized as a door to academic excellence and as the ceremonial…
From the University of Leicester press release via AlphaGalileo: A new study on political defections from the University of Leicester has identified an ‘archetype’ for someone who is likely to break political ranks. The research,…
From the Association for Psychological Science press release: You’re waiting in the reception area of your doctor’s office. The magazines are uninteresting. The pictures on the wall are dull. The second hand on the wall…
From the Caltech press release by Katie Neith: As the saying goes, “A picture is worth a thousand words.” For people in certain professions—acting, modeling, and even politics—this phrase rings particularly true. Previous studies have…
From the Washington University in St. Louis press release: More than 2 million consumers got to gloat Friday about their shrewdness in procuring an iPhone 5, with its larger screen and 200 additional features through…
From the Association for Psychological Science press release: We’ve heard it time and time again: exercise is good for us. And it’s not just good for physical health – research shows that daily physical activity…
From the Public Library of Science press release via EurekAlert!: Spending too much time looking at high heels may influence how a viewer perceives the gender of an androgynous face, according to new research published…