From the American Psychological Association press release: A worldwide survey conducted during the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic found that people with certain common personality traits were less likely to shelter at home when…
From the Ohio State University press release: While acetaminophen is helping you deal with your headache, it may also be making you more willing to take risks, a new study suggests. People who took acetaminophen…
From the University of Konstanz press release: New psychology research from the University of Konstanz reveals that stress changes the way we deal with risky information — results that shed light on how stressful events,…
From the New York University press release: We believe we are less likely than others are to fall for phishing scams, thereby underestimating our own exposure to risk, a new cybersecurity study has found. The…
From the University of Sussex press release: Overconfidence in one’s own abilities despite clear evidence to the contrary is present and persistent in children as young as four, a new study by the University of…
From the Carnegie Mellon University press release: We live in a time of unprecedented access to information. And in this era of sheltering-in-place around the nation and the globe, the desire for news may be…
From the Rutgers University press release: People in treatment for opioid addiction are more likely to relapse when they become more tolerant of risks, according to a study by Rutgers and other institutions. The findings…
From the University of British Columbia press release: Biological siblings of people with gambling disorder also display markers of increased impulsivity and risk-taking, according to a new UBC psychology study. The findings, published today in Neuropsychopharmacology,…
From the Dartmouth College press release: A new Dartmouth study on how we use reward information for making choices shows how humans and monkeys adopt their decision-making strategies depending on the uncertainty of information present.…
From the University College London press release: Minute-to-minute fluctuations in human brain activity, linked to changing levels of dopamine, impact whether we make risky decisions, finds a new UCL study. The findings, published in the Proceedings…