From the Leiden University press release via ScienceDirect: Is attention in women different from attention in men? Leiden researchers and their colleagues in Toronto investigated the effects of the hormone estrogen on spontaneous attention. They…
From the Association for Psychological Science press release: Contrary to what many psychological scientists think, people do not all have the same set of biologically “basic” emotions, and those emotions are not automatically expressed on…
From the University of Chicago Press Journals press release via EurekAlert!: Nostalgia, a sentimental longing for the past, can boost donations and help drum up volunteers, according to a new study in the Journal of…
From the Association for Psychological Science press release: Does she or doesn’t she . . .? Sexual cues are ambiguous, and confounding. We – especially men – often read them wrong. A new study hypothesizes…
From the American Psychological Association press release: Mothers with jobs tend to be healthier and happier than moms who stay at home during their children’s infancy and pre-school years, according to a new study published…
From the Association for Psychological Science press release: Why do we stick up for a system or institution we live in—a government, company, or marriage—even when anyone else can see it is failing miserably? Why…
From the Wellcome Trust press release via EurekAlert!: Acquiring ‘the Knowledge’ – the complex layout of central London’s 25,000 streets and thousands of places of interest – causes structural changes in the brain and changes…
From the UCLA press release: Our senses of sight and hearing work closely together, perhaps more than people realize, a new UCLA psychology study shows. “If we think of the perceptual system as a democracy…
From the University of Chicago Medical Center press release: The first evidence of empathy-driven helping behavior in rodents has been observed in laboratory rats that repeatedly free companions from a restraint, according to a new…
From the UC San Diego press release via Newswise: Overeating, whether in children or adults, often takes place even in the absence of hunger, resulting in weight gain and obesity. Current methods to treat such…