From the Society for Personality and Social Psychology press release: When it comes to making new friends, status symbols actually repel people from making friends with us, according to new… Read more »
From the Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne press release: Hierarchies exist across all human and animal societies, organized by what behavioral scientists refer to as dominance. Dominant individuals tend to… Read more »
From the University of Kansas press release: Findings appearing in the Journal of Social and Personal Relationships show people who believe they resulted from unwanted or unplanned pregnancies tend to have more… Read more »
From the University of California – Berkeley press release: Poor sleep can literally kill your social life. Researchers at the University of California, Berkeley, have found that sleep-deprived people feel… Read more »
From the Penn State press release: Good relationships between teammates are essential to a team’s success, but athletes who feel more closely connected to their teammates may also be more… Read more »
From the University of Arizona press release: A giddy tween wearing a Justin Bieber t-shirt at a Justin Bieber concert — not too surprising. But what about your hard rock… Read more »
From the University of Guelph press release: Sometimes, it doesn’t pay to be a do-gooder, according to a new University of Guelph study. Highly cooperative and generous people can attract… Read more »
From the Wiley press release: When researchers looked at expression of a particular gene complex that is activated by chronic stress, they found differences depending on whether someone was positively… Read more »
From the City University of London press release: Children who cradle dolls on the left show higher social cognitive abilities than those who do not, according to new research from… Read more »
From the University of Arizona press release: People who engage in more substantive conversations tend to be happier, a new study confirms. Researchers also found that idle small talk is… Read more »
