From the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology press release via MedicalXpress: Depression is the leading cause of disability with more than 350 million people globally affected by this disease. In addition to debilitating…
From the University of Gothenburg press release via EurekAlert!: The photo-sharing application Instagram is used by millions of people around the world daily. In the media, the social media phenomenon is sometimes dismissed as trivial…
From the Concordia press release: Acquiring self-esteem is an important part of a teenager’s development. The way in which adolescents regard themselves can be instrumental in determining their achievement and social functioning. New research from…
From the USC press release via HealthCanal: Adding social gaming elements to a behavior tracking program led people to exercise more frequently and helped them decrease their body-mass index, according to new research from the…
From the University of Missouri press release: In December of last year the New York Post published images of a man about to be killed by a train while several bystanders did little to help…
From the University of Copenhagen press release via ScienceDaily: Web tools and social media are our key sources of information when we make decisions as citizens and consumers. But these information technologies can mislead us…
From the Oxford press release via HealthCanal: Too much social media activity may damage strong relationships, according to a new study by Dr Bernie Hogan of the Oxford Internet Institute. The study found increasing use…
From the Virginia Tech press release via AlphaGalileo: Researchers discovered that healthy people and those with borderline personality disorder displayed different patterns of behavior while playing an online strategy game, so much so that when…
From the Cell Press press release via EurekAlert!: When a child with autism copies the actions of an adult, he or she is likely to omit anything “silly” about what they’ve just seen. In contrast,…
From the University of Alabama Huntsville press release via Newswise: Maybe the boss’ staff meeting shouldn’t be such a boring snooze, but rather a more structured event to improve the performance of the team, new…