From the Edge Hill University press release: Researchers at Edge Hill University in England have helped identify personality traits which make people more (or less) susceptible to persuasion than others. Senior Lecturer in Psychology Dr…
From the University of Erlangen-Nuremberg press release: How can employees’ working time be organised so as to enable them to perform in the best possible way when completing both creative and routine tasks? Two economists…
From the Rutgers University press release: People who regularly read with their toddlers are less likely to engage in harsh parenting and the children are less likely to be hyperactive or disruptive, a Rutgers-led study…
From the Stanford University press release: As major technology firms race to roll out augmented reality products, Stanford researchers are learning how it affects people’s behavior — in both the physical world and a digitally…
From the University of California – Berkeley press release: If you think you know the farm animal most closely related to T-Rex, or the American president who inspired the creation of blue jelly beans —…
From the Barcelona Institute for Global Health (ISGlobal) press release: Adults who had close contact with natural spaces during their childhood could have a better mental health than those who had less contact, according to…
From the University of York press release: Researchers have shown that a new way of assessing women’s relationship with their bodies during pregnancy could help predict how well the mother might bond with her unborn…
From the American Psychological Association press release: People who see themselves as being in a higher social class may tend to have an exaggerated belief that they are more adept than their equally capable lower-class…
From the Massachusetts Institute of Technology press release: When making a complex decision, we often break the problem down into a series of smaller decisions. For example, when deciding how to treat a patient, a…
From the California Institute of Technology press release: Fear and anxiety are both responses to danger but differ in timing. Fear strikes when something is an imminent threat: a tiger jumps over a fence, lunging…