People generally like to feel happy, but achieving a state of happiness takes time and effort. Researchers have now found that people who pursue happiness often feel like they do not have enough time in the day, and this ...
Mar 12, 2018
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People with prosthetic arms or hands do not experience the "size-weight illusion" as strongly as other people, new research shows.
Jan 22, 2018
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Sugary, fatty foods are a distraction - more so than low-calorie foods and everyday objects - even if you are busy with a task that isn't remotely related to food, or are not even thinking about eating. This is according ...
Oct 26, 2017
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When someone asks a question during a conversation, their conversation partner answers more quickly if the questioner also moves their hands or head to accompany their words. These are the findings of a study led by Judith ...
Sep 7, 2017
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Facial expressions play a powerful role in social interactions from birth to adulthood. Fear, joy, anger—all our emotions are articulated and understood thanks to universal codes. Common sense sees this enterprise as an ...
Jul 5, 2017
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People tend to associate round names such as "Bob" and "Lou" with round-faced individuals, and they have an inherent preference for names and faces that go well together. This is according to David Barton and Jamin Halberstadt ...
Jun 8, 2017
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The way bilingual people read is conditioned by the languages they speak. This is the main conclusion reached by researchers at the Basque Center on Cognition, Brain and Language (BCBL) after reviewing the existing scientific ...
May 10, 2017
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Turn that frown upside-down? Not if you're keen on looking younger, you shouldn't.
May 9, 2017
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Both college men and women focus primarily on a photographed woman's nonverbal emotional cues when making snap decisions about whether she is expressing sexual interest at a particular moment in time. But their judgments ...
Oct 26, 2016
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Is it acceptable and moral to sacrifice a few people's lives to save many others? An academic at City University London has developed a new model with colleagues to test in an unbiased way how people make such decisions using ...
Aug 24, 2016
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