From the University of Miami press release via EurekAlert!: Convincing speeches are central to campaigning for elected office, but do our voices affect how we select our leaders? A newly-published paper in Proceedings of the…
From the University of Chicago Press Journals press release via EurekAlert!: Packaging an expensive item with a cheap one seems like a no-brainer. But according to a new study in the Journal of Consumer Research,…
From the University of Chicago Press Journals press release via EurekAlert!: Is honesty the best policy? According to a new study in the Journal of Consumer Research, consumers who lie during a service encounter are…
From the Association for Psychological Science press release: With the NCAA men’s college basketball tournament set to begin, college basketball fans around the United States are in the throes of March Madness. Anyone who has…
From the SUNY Buffalo press release: Are leaders successful because of their charisma? Or do they develop charisma by being good leaders? That is the chicken-and-egg question addressed by Prasad Balkundi, assistant professor of organization…
From the UC Berkeley press release: People often wonder if computers make children smarter. Scientists at the University of California, Berkeley, are asking the reverse question: Can children make computers smarter? And the answer appears…
From the American Psychological Association press release via Newswise: Children may perform better in school and feel more confident about themselves if they are told that failure is a normal part of learning, rather than…
From the University of Kansas press release: From sacred religious texts to books to movies, light and darkness have always symbolized good and evil. But is it possible that abstract concepts such as good and…
From the Association for Psychological Science press release: Just 60 seconds of all-out physical exertion in a threatening situation can seriously damage the memories of those involved for many details of the incident, according to…
From the Public Library of Science press release via EurekAlert!: There are concerns that the revised Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM—an internationally recognised classification of mental disorders produced by the American Psychiatric…