Study suggests chronic stress may impair memory
From the Cell Press press release via EurekAlert!: Anyone who has ever been subject to chronic stress knows that it can take a toll on emotions and the ability to think clearly. Now, new research…
Study suggests strong links between choice of outfit and mood
From the University of Hertfordshire press release via AlphaGalileo: You may throw on an outfit without much thought in the morning, but your choice is strongly affected by your mood. And the item of casual…
Study suggests perceptions of size of social network may affect employment prospects for those facing job loss
From the University of Michigan press release by Bernie DeGroat: When faced with job loss, people who consider themselves poor may limit employment prospects by believing they have a smaller social network than they actually…
Study suggests support for female leadership dependent on society’s cultural practices and how strictly it sticks to them
From the University of Toronto, Rotman School of Management press release: Countries that more strictly uphold their cultural norms are less likely to promote women as leaders – unless those norms support equal opportunity for…
Study points to the disadvantages of being prejudiced
From the ETH Zürich press release via AlphaGalileo: Researchers from ETH Zurich have been exploring the question of whether prejudices might be rational under certain conditions. Using game theory, they created various scenarios and played…
Study suggests onscreen relational aggression may prime brain for aggression
From the Iowa State University press release: Research over the past few decades has shown that viewing physical violence in the media can increase aggression in adults and children. But a new study, co-authored by…
Study suggests sleep loss due to daylight savings lowers employee productivity
From the Pennsylvania State University press release: The annual shift to daylight saving time and its accompanying loss of sleep cause employees to spend more time than normal surfing the Web for content unrelated to…
Study suggests happiness levels tend to increase with age
From the University of Warwick press release: Growing older and being overweight are not necessarily associated with a decrease in mental well-being, according to a cross-cultural study looking at quality of life and health status…
Study links gene to men’s more aggressive response to stress
From the Wiley-Blackwell press release via EurekAlert!: The pulse quickens, the heart pounds and adrenalin courses through the veins, but in stressful situations is our reaction controlled by our genes, and does it differ between…
Study looks at effects of discrimination on health of immigrants’ children
From the NYU press release: Children of recent immigrants are more likely to make sick visits to the doctor if their mothers see themselves as targets of ethnic or language-based discrimination, researchers at New York…