From the Association for Psychological Science press release: How do we recognize a face? To date, most research has answered “holistically”: We look at all the features—eyes, nose, mouth—simultaneously and, perceiving the relationships among them,…
From the Inderscience press release via Physorg: In the world of marketing, people who are thinking about sharing product information they find in online advertising are likely to first consider whether the information is relevant…
From the Monash University press release via HealthCanal: Young male drivers are ignoring the dangers of driving while tired, according to a new research study. Monash University Accident Research Centre (MUARC) researcher, Dr Ashleigh Filtness,…
From the UT Dallas press release: Recent studies by a UT Dallas researcher aim at finding better ways to diagnose young children with language impairments. Dr. Christine Dollaghan, a professor at the Callier Center for…
From the CORDIS press release via MedicalXPress: Interactions between infants and their environment are limited because of the infants’ poor motor abilities. So investigating infant cognition is no easy task. Which sensory event is the…
From the Oxford University press release: Taking a heart disease medication can affect a person’s subconscious attitudes towards race, a team of ethicists, psychiatrists and psychologists at Oxford University has found. In a study published…
From the Springer press release: Words spelled with more letters on the right of the keyboard are associated with more positive emotions than words spelled with more letters on the left, according to new research…
From the Association for Psychological Science press release: Feeling angry and annoyed with others is a daily part of life, but most people don’t act on these impulses. What keeps us from punching line-cutters or…
From the Northumbria University press release via AlphaGalileo: Children with autism look away from faces when thinking, especially about challenging material, according to new research from Northumbria University. Although generally encouraged to maintain eye contact…
From the Cell Press press release: A new study suggests that age-associated improvements in the ability to consider the preferences of others are linked with maturation of a brain region involved in self control. The…