From the Max-Planck-Gesellschaft press release: Selfish behaviour is a threat to successful coexistence and mutual cooperation. In many cases this human cooperation is based on punishing those who do not cooperate. There can be two…
From the University of Illinois press release via HealthCanal: Girls with poor self-control become as physically aggressive as the average boy when they’re bullied, suggests a new study by psychologists at the University of Illinois.…
From the University of Pennsylvania press release via EurekAlert!: Being the top dog — or, in this case, the top gelada monkey — is even better if the alpha male is willing to concede at…
From the Association for Psychological Science press release: As each day passes, the pace of life seems to accelerate – demands on productivity continue ever upward and there is hardly ever a moment when we…
From the Northwestern University press release via EurekAlert!: When people have similar injuries, why do some end up with chronic pain while others recover and are pain free? The first longitudinal brain imaging study to…
From the Ohio State University press release: A new study reveals a simple strategy that people can use to minimize how angry and aggressive they get when they are provoked by others. When someone makes…
From the UC Berkeley Haas School of Business press release via EurekAlert!: How people make choices depends on many factors, but a new study finds people consistently prefer the options that come first: first in…
From the Boston University Medical Center press release via MedicalXpress: A recent study by Erika J. Wolf, PhD, and Principal Investigator Mark W. Miller, PhD, both from the National Center for PTSD at the VA…
From the University of Queensland press release via HealthCanal: People who felt a lack of control in their lives were more likely to believe in the claimed “psychic abilities” of a famous octopus, a University…
From the Wolters Kluwer Health: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins press release via ScienceDaily: Being a parent reduces your risk of catching a cold — possibly because of unknown “psychological or behavioral differences between parents and…