From the University of Colorado Boulder press release: Companies paying celebrities big money to endorse their products may not realize that negative perceptions about a celebrity are more likely to transfer to an endorsed brand…
From the University of Chicago Press Journals press release via EurekAlert!: Sons of fathers with high incomes tend to end up with higher than average incomes themselves, but new research shows that it’s not just…
From the University of Maine press release: Brooding, or excessive rumination over negative feelings, is known to interfere with important problem-solving abilities, while immediate distraction from those feelings can increase problem-solving capacity, according to new…
From the Wiley-Blackwell press release: Eating disorders are commonly seen as an issue faced by teenagers and young women, but a new study reveals that age is no barrier to disordered eating. In women aged…
From the Kansas State University press release via MedicalXpress: Most of us have experienced it. You are introduced to someone, only to forget his or her name within seconds. You rack your brain trying to…
From the Association for Psychological Science press release: New research suggests that overall happiness in life is more related to how much you are respected and admired by those around you, not to the status…
From the Royal Holloway, University of London press release via HealthCanal: Concentrating closely on a conversation can leave us ‘deaf’ to other sounds, reveals Dr Polly Dalton from the Department of Psychology at Royal Holloway,…
From the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society (HFES) press release: Recent world tragedies have led to an increased emphasis on the importance of deception training – especially at security checkpoints in airports, bus terminals, and…
From the University of Bristol press release via MedicalXpress: Four generations of a single family have been found to possess an abnormality within a specific brain region which appears to affect their ability to recall…
From the Max-Planck-Gesellschaft press release: The evolution of cooperative behaviour in people is often explained by the fact that it provides the opportunity to punish undesirable behaviour. However, such punishment is costly and the benefits…