From the University of Stirling press release: A new test developed by the University of Stirling could help police to determine when criminals or witnesses are lying about their knowledge of a person’s identity. A…
From the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, News Bureau press release: People who are the most optimistic tend to be better sleepers, a study of young and middle-aged adults found. More than 3,500 people ages…
From the Brown University press release: When acting as one part of a group charged with deciding how to punish someone — a jury, for example — individuals are swayed by their peers to punish…
From the University of Southern California press release: Most algorithms have probably never heard the Eagles’ song, “Lyin’ Eyes.” Otherwise, they’d do a better job of recognizing duplicity. Computers aren’t very good at discerning misrepresentation,…
From the Wiley press release: A new study examining the relationships among personality, motivation, and internet gaming disorder (IGD) found that predictors of IGD include male gender, neurotic and introverted personality traits, and motivation related…
From the University of Houston press release: It’s not just fake news. As social networks have become bigger players in shaping opinions about partisan elections, new research suggests that subtle differences in the way the…
From the University of Sussex press release: The scent of a lemon could help people feel better about their body image, new findings from University of Sussex research has revealed. In a new study from…
From the University of Pennsylvania press release: It’s long been known that autism is far more prevalent in males than in females. What hasn’t been understood is why. “Of course, the primary suspect when we…
From the Ruhr-University Bochum press release: The brains of people with excellent general knowledge are particularly efficiently wired. This was shown by neuroscientists at Ruhr-Universität Bochum and Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin using magnetic resonance imaging. “Although…
From the National Research University Higher School of Economics press release: When reading words on a screen, the human brain comprehends words placed on the right side of the screen faster. The total amount of…