From the A*STAR press release via MedicalXpress: A Singaporean computer scientist and his American colleague have created a computer simulation of how humans perform on a widely employed test of implicit or unconscious social attitudes,…
From the Weizmann Institute press release via EurekAlert!: How does a social animal – mouse or human – gain dominance over his or her fellow creatures? A unique experiment conducted by Dr. Tali Kimchi and…
From the Expertsvar press release via AlphaGalileo: A placebo can activate a number of biological mechanisms in the same way that medicine can, which is why we are now beginning to understand why a placebo…
From the University of Maryland press release via MedicalXpress: Peer group influences affect children much earlier than researchers have suspected, finds a new University of Maryland-led study. The researchers say it provides a wake-up call…
From the Cornell University press release via EurekAlert!: Preschoolers universally recognize that one’s choices are not always free – that our decisions may be constrained by social obligations to be nice to others or follow…
From the Association for Psychological Science press release: People who experience warmer, more upbeat emotions may have better physical health because they make more social connections, according to a new study published in Psychological Science,…
From the University of Missouri press release via EurekAlert!: Sporting events can bring a community together, such as when the Louisville Cardinals won the NCAA championship and University of Louisville campus was filled with camaraderie.…
From the PLoS press release via ScienceDaily: A laugh may signal mockery, humor, joy or simply be a response to tickling, but each kind of laughter conveys a wealth of auditory and social information. These…
From the Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center press release via EurekAlert!: Research conducted by Xiao-Cheng Wu, MD, PhD, Associate Professor and Director of the Louisiana Tumor Registry at the LSU Health Sciences Center New…
From the Mary Ann Liebert, Inc. press release via HealthCanal: More than 800 million people worldwide use the social networking site Facebook, and 93% of college students have an active Facebook account, according to a…