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…
From the Brown University press release: This week, as tens of millions of Americans awaited the baseball season’s first pitches, Brown University psychologist Fiery Cushman was watching more warily for the first beanballs. As someone…
From the University of Utah press release: The process of melding individuals into effective, problem-solving groups should involve empowering individuals to realize they have important ideas to share. Dr. Bryan Bonner, an associate professor at…
From the Concordia University press release: With the click of a mouse or touch of a mobile phone screen — in pyjamas or jeans — gambling is now at our fingertips 24/7 with Internet play.…
From the Society for Personality and Social Psychology press release via EurekAlert!: For a 6-year-old, one of the most powerful educational tools may be direct instruction, according to new research on how children learn about…
From the Association for Psychological Science press release: It’s normal to not always act on your sense of compassion—for example, by walking past a beggar on the street without giving them any money. Maybe you…
From the Vanderbilt University press release via Newswise: Shyness may be the result of deficits in two areas of the brain, new research from Vanderbilt University finds. Extremely shy or inhibited individuals are typically slow…
From the University of Alberta press release via EurekAlert!: Sweating in the gym, surrounded by others, pounding to the beat in group exercise class has become the norm for many women. But when it comes…
From the SUNY Buffalo press release: Are leaders successful because of their charisma? Or do they develop charisma by being good leaders? That is the chicken-and-egg question addressed by Prasad Balkundi, assistant professor of organization…