From the UC Irvine press release: Repeated exposure to violent images from the terrorist attacks of September 11 and the Iraq War led to an increase in physical and psychological ailments in a nationally representative…
From the SAGE Publications press release via EurekAlert!: While the effects of sexualized media on young women has long been debated, a new study finds that women who read sex-related magazine articles from popular women’s…
From the Ohio State University press release: New research suggests that violent video games may not make players more aggressive – if they play cooperatively with other people. In two studies, researchers found that college…
From the NC State University press release: A North Carolina State University researcher has created a roadmap to areas of the brain associated with affective aggression in mice. This roadmap may be the first step…
From the Association from Psychological Science press release: Almost all of us have been tempted to lie at some point, whether about our GPA, our annual income, or our age. But what makes us actually…
From the University of Wisconsin-Madison press release: A new University of Wisconsin-Madison imaging study shows the brains of people with generalized anxiety disorder (GAD) have weaker connections between a brain structure that controls emotional response…
From the Wiley press release via ScienceDaily: Addiction researchers have known for many years that smokers are less likely than non-smokers to look to the future in planning their lives. New research has now shown…
From the Association for Psychological Science press release: Men and women clearly have different strategies for picking sexual partners, but the reason why differences exist is less clear. The classic explanation for these differences has…
From the UCLA press release via EurekAlert!: “Give sorrow words.” —Malcolm in Shakespeare’s “Macbeth” Can simply describing your feelings at stressful times make you less afraid and less anxious? A new UCLA psychology study suggests…
From the University of Missouri press release: During adolescence, the stories young people tell about themselves reflects their development of a personal identity and sense of self, and those autobiographical narratives vary depending on the…