Larry Stevens eats a piece of high-cacao content chocolate every afternoon, which is in part because he has developed a taste for the unsweetened dark chocolate. It's also because research shows that it lowers blood pressure ...
May 8, 2015
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There are now over 80,000 apps marketed as "educational" in the Apple app store, the majority of which are targeted towards children and even babies. Parents are led to believe that these apps provide real learning opportunities ...
May 6, 2015
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People starting to plan for retirement or other big goals should pull out a calculator and multiply the years ahead by 365. Measuring time in days instead of months, or months instead of years, can make future events seem ...
Apr 28, 2015
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Parents who work to instill self-control in their children will see them reap the benefits not only in the short-term but throughout their working life, according to new research in Psychological Science, a journal of the ...
Apr 14, 2015
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Three leading cognitive scientists from Carnegie Mellon University are questioning the gender representation of invited contributors in the special February 2015 issue, "The Changing Face of Cognition," published by the international ...
Apr 9, 2015
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While other studies have shown that stress and negative marital quality can influence mortality and blood pressure, there has not been research that discussed how it might affect married couples over time. Using systolic ...
Apr 7, 2015
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Social scientists have long known that, statistically speaking, our friends are probably more popular than we are. It's a simple matter of math: Because extraverted people tend to have more friends, they are disproportionately ...
Apr 6, 2015
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Children as young as 5 years old are less likely to help a person in need when other children are present and available to help, according to new research published in Psychological Science, a journal of the Association for ...
Mar 24, 2015
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A recent analysis has brought new clarity to the debate over whether brain training exercises can improve people's ability to pay attention in everyday life.
Mar 24, 2015
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(HealthDay)—Your voice may be the key to landing a new job, researchers report in an upcoming issue of Psychological Science.
Mar 15, 2015
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