From the American Physical Society’s Division of Fluid Dynamics press release via Newswise: Table tennis players wield their paddles with an intuitive command of the forces of nature. With Newton at their sides, skilled athletes…
From the University of Michigan Health System press release: It’s no secret that pregnancy hormones can dampen moods, but for some expectant moms, it’s much worse: 1 in 5 experience major depression. Now, new research…
From the University of Chicago press release via EurekAlert!: A bonus payment to teachers can improve student academic performance — but only when it is given upfront, on the condition that part of the money…
From the University of Iowa press release via Newswise: A sense of belonging and attachment to a group of co-workers is a better motivator for some employees than money, according to a new study by…
From the Association for Psychological Science press release: Research has shown that older adults display more positive emotions and are quicker to regulate out of negative emotional states than younger adults. Given the declines in…
From the Wiley press release via EurekAlert!: New research published online in the scientific journal Addiction shows that plain packaging (requiring cigarettes to be packaged in standard packages without attractive designs and imagery) may help…
From the Perelman School of Medicine press release via ScienceDaily: Greening vacant lots may make neighborhood residents feel safer and may be associated with reductions in certain gun crimes, according to a new study from…
From the George Washington University press release via EurekAlert!: New research, to be published in the Journal of Clinical Psychiatry, finds that men who developed persistent sexual side effects while on finasteride (Propecia), a drug…
From the Association for Psychological Science press release: Psychological scientists have long known that the amount of information we can actively hold in mind at any given time – known as working memory – is…
From the JAMA and Archives Journals press release via EurekAlert!: Patients with hoarding disorder exhibited abnormal activity in regions of the brain that was stimulus dependent when deciding what to do with objects that did…