From the Brigham and Women’s Hospital press release via EurekAlert!: Is anxiety related to premature aging? A new study by researchers at Brigham and Women’s Hospital (BWH) shows that a common form of anxiety, known…
From the Queensland University of Technology press release via HealthCanal: Parents’ response to their children’s pain can have a significant effect on children’s pain experiences during medical procedures and every day bumps and scrapes. A…
From the University of Kansas, Life Span Institute press release via Newswise: University of Kansas researchers have found larger resting pupil size and lower levels of a salivary enzyme associated with the neurotransmitter norepinephrine in…
From the Cell Press press release via EurekAlert!: What can explain extreme differences in altruism among individuals, from Ebenezer Scrooge to Mother Teresa? It may all come down to variation in the size and activity…
From the University of Missouri press release: Online advertising has become prevalent in the past five years, and social media sites, such as Facebook, have played a major role. Now, a study at the University…
From the University of Kent press release via AlphaGalileo: Research conducted among pupils in three London schools has shown that male street gang affiliates who engage in angry rumination (i.e. think continuously about provoking or…
From the Deutsches Ärztesblatt International press release via AlphaGalileo: Negative suggestion can induce symptoms of illness. Nocebo effects are the adverse events that occur during sham treatment and/or as a result of negative expectations. While…
From the University of Texas at Austin press release via Newswise: When humans learn, their brains relate new information with past experiences to derive new knowledge, according to psychology research from The University of Texas…
From the University of Luxemburg press release via ScienceDaily: Current research from the University of Luxembourg, found that when participants were asked to select gift products after they had played a violent video game, inexperienced…
From the Public Library of Science press release via EurekAlert!: New research refutes a commonly held belief that certain eye movements are associated with lying. The idea that looking to the right indicates lying, while…