From the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) press release: Research shows that street furniture, barriers, parks, public spaces and neighbourhood architecture can stir up powerful emotions in local residents. This should be taken into…
From the University of Bergen press release: The use of Facebook has increased rapidly. We are dealing with a subdivision of Internet addiction connected to social media, Doctor of Psychology Cecilie Schou Andreassen says about…
From the Association for Psychological Science press release: Birthdays, graduations, Christmas, baby showers, bridal showers, bar and bat mitzvahs, Mother’s Day, Father’s Day, first marriages (and second.. and third…), wedding anniversaries, the spontaneous friendship gesture,…
From the Society for Personality and Social Psychology press release via EurekAlert!: Thinking about death can actually be a good thing. An awareness of mortality can improve physical health and help us re-prioritize our goals…
From the Vanderbilt University press release: The willingness of people to punish others who lie, cheat, steal or violate other social norms even when they weren’t harmed and don’t stand to benefit personally, is a…
From the Association for Psychological Science press release: What makes some people give blood and bake casseroles for their neighbors, while others mutter about taxes from behind closed blinds? A new paper published in Psychological…
From the UT Dallas press release via EurekAlert!: A large-scale, long-term UT Dallas study focusing on adolescent friendships and electronic communication is expanding to include Facebook posts. A research team led by Dr. Marion Underwood…
From the University of Chicago Press Journals press release via EurekAlert!: People who feel ignored tend to engage in conspicuous consumption, whereas consumers who are rejected are more likely to volunteer or donate to a…
From the University of Chicago Medicine press release: The ranking of a monkey within her social environment and the stress accompanying that status dramatically alters the expression of nearly 1,000 genes, a new scientific study…
From the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute press release via EurekAlert!: In low-income, minority communities, tight-knit social connections — with family members, friends, and neighbors — can lead people to eat healthy and be physically active, but…