Whether it's being outbid at the last second in an online auction or missing the winning lottery number by one digit, we often come so close to something we can "almost taste it" only to lose out in the end. These "near wins" ...
May 11, 2015
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Sales of lottery tickets and insurance policies reveal our ambivalent attitude towards risk—in some situations we love to gamble, whereas in others we prefer to avoid it. New research by scientists at the University of ...
Apr 8, 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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E-cigarettes can be an effective tool for smokers aiming to kick their tobacco habit, but officials fear the devices are also creating nicotine addiction among adolescents.
Feb 14, 2015
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Evidence from some wrongful-conviction cases suggests that suspects can be questioned in ways that lead them to falsely believe in and confess to committing crimes they didn't actually commit. New research provides lab-based ...
Jan 15, 2015
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The simple act of saving something, such as a file on a computer, may improve our memory for the information we encounter next, according to new research published in Psychological Science, a journal of the Association for ...
Dec 10, 2014
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What doesn't kill us may make us stronger as a group, according to findings from new research published in Psychological Science, a journal of the Association for Psychological Science.
Sep 9, 2014
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Feeling socially disconnected may lead us to lower our threshold for determining that another being is animate or alive, according to new research published in Psychological Science, a journal of the Association for Psychological ...
Sep 8, 2014
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College students are typically more sleep deprived than the rest of us and often ignore the health benefits of adequate slumber, said a University of Alabama researcher who studies the topic.
Aug 21, 2014
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What is the best way to keep psychology students from switching majors? According to a study published in the journal Teaching of Psychology, putting off intensive science courses may help. The study was conducted by Jeffrey ...
Aug 12, 2014
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