From the Association for Psychological Science press release: No matter which way you look at it, rejection hurts. Experiencing rejection from a boss, a friend, or a partner is difficult enough for many adults to…
From the University of Chicago Press Journals press release via ScienceDaily: Consumers are more likely to change their behavior if they voluntarily commit to changing rather than being told what to do, according to a…
From the Albert-Ludwigs-Universität-Freiburg press release via ScienceDaily: Human speech comes in countless varieties: When people talk to close friends or partners, they talk differently than when they address a physician. These differences in speech are…
From the University of Bristol press release via Physorg: Early findings from a University of Bristol study that investigated school, college and club connections in the boardrooms of the UK’s top companies has found that…
From the Emory University press release via EurekAlert!: While exchanging favors with others, humans tend to think in terms of tit-for-tat, an assumption easily extended to other animals. As a result, reciprocity is often viewed…
From the UC Berkeley press release by Yasmin Anwar: Crises are said to bring people closer together. But a new study from UC Berkeley suggests that while the have-nots reach out to one another in…
From the British Medical Journal press release via ScienceDaily: The midlife wellbeing of both men and women seems to depend on having a wide circle of friends whom they see regularly, finds research published online…
From the Society for Research in Child Development press release via EurekAlert!: It’s thought that children grow increasingly distant and independent from their parents during their teen years. But a new longitudinal study has found…
From the Tufts University, Health Sciences Campus press release via EurekAlert!: A study in mice conducted by researchers at Tufts University School of Medicine (TUSM) suggests that a woman’s risk of anxiety and dysfunctional social…
From the Johns Hopkins press release via EurekAlert!: It’s not just in movies where nerds get their revenge. A study by a Johns Hopkins University business professor finds that social rejection can inspire imaginative thinking,…