From the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) press release via ScienceDaily: Photographs of faces may not be adequate proof of a person’s identity and this could have serious implications for the accuracy of passport…
From the Oxford University press release via Physorg: A report shows that Germans still prefer a newspaper, while online news has overtaken print and TV news as the most frequently used medium in the UK…
From the Case Western Reserve University press release via ScienceDaily: It is intuitive that most people would be less likely to take risks after an unexpected loss. What happens after a surprising win? It turns…
From the San Francisco State University press release via EurekAlert!: New to meditation and already thinking about quitting? You may have simply chosen the wrong method. A new study published online July 7 in EXPLORE:…
From the Duke University press release via ScienceDaily: Although many areas of the human brain are devoted to social tasks like detecting another person nearby, a new study has found that one small region carries…
From the University of the West of England press release via MedicalXpress: Students are often expected to speak knowledgably in front of groups of unfamiliar people as part of their education. The assessment of student…
From the Universiteit van Amsterdam press release via AlphaGalileo: In a forthcoming issue of Topics in Cognitive Science researchers from the University of Amsterdam (UvA) argue that at least two, seemingly trivial musical skills can…
From the UC Davis press release: Patients look up their illnesses online to become better informed and prepared to play an active role in their care — not because they mistrust their doctors, a new…
From the Universität Bonn press release via ScienceDaily: Scientists at the Universities of Bonn and Berlin have discovered a mechanism which stops the process of forgetting anxiety after a stress event. In experiments they showed…
From the USC press release via EurekAlert!: Most people call it the “art” of persuasion, but public health researchers at the University of Southern California (USC) are trying to pinpoint the “science” behind social influence.…