From the Cornell University press release via EurekAlert!: For more than 50 years, language scientists have assumed that sentence structure is fundamentally hierarchical, made up of small parts in turn made of smaller parts, like…
From the University of Missouri press release: A strong democracy depends on smart voters who choose their leaders based on their knowledge of important political issues. One of the ways that Americans learn about politics…
From the Society for Personality and Social Psychology press release via EurekAlert!: People often remark that people of a different race “all look alike.” However, when we have trouble recognizing people from another race, it…
From the Norwegian Institute of Public Health press release via EurekAlert!: A new twin study from the Norwegian Institute of Public Health shows that the heritability of avoidant and dependent personality disorder traits might be…
From the Arizona State University press release via EurekAlert!: Scientists at Arizona State University have discovered that ants utilize a strategy to handle “information overload.” Temnothorax rugatulus ants, commonly found living in rock crevices in…
From the Harvard University press release via EurekAlert!: It’s an age old question: Why do we do good? What makes people sometimes willing to put “We” ahead of “Me?” Perhaps our first impulse is to…
From the American Psychological Association press release via Newswise: Some athletes may improve their performance under pressure simply by squeezing a ball or clenching their left hand before competition to activate certain parts of the…
From the SUNY Buffalo press release via MedicalXpress: Batman’s awesome power may come not only from his ability to defeat the likes of Mr. Freeze and the Joker, but from the fact that his mere…
From the Concordia University press release via EurekAlert!: Even on the playground, our friends know us better than we know ourselves. New research has revealed that your childhood peers from grade school may be able…
From the Uppsala University press release via EurekAlert!: Newly formed emotional memories can be erased from the human brain. This is shown by researchers from Uppsala University in a new study now being published by…