From an early age, children with life-threatening food allergies are taught to proceed with caution: Check labels, ask about ingredients, don't eat something at a friend's house if you don't know what is in it. In some cases, ...
Sep 28, 2022
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Does eye contact always attract attention? Not in every case, as a research team at the University of Würzburg's Institute of Psychology has recently shown. Why not? Because context matters.
Sep 19, 2022
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When psychologist Jonathan Smallwood set out to study mind-wandering about 25 years ago, few of his peers thought that was a very good idea. How could one hope to investigate these spontaneous and unpredictable thoughts that ...
Sep 12, 2022
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Drinkers' mood shifts and exposure to alcohol-related cues—beer cans, bars, and drinking buddies—contribute to alcohol cravings in opposite ways for men and women, a new study suggests. The findings have implications ...
Aug 29, 2022
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New research from the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience (IoPPN) at King's College London shows that parents' genes linked to cognitive and non-cognitive skills both affect children's educational outcomes.
Aug 24, 2022
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What determines how generous a person you are? Could it be how much money you have? How kind you are? Or maybe it comes down to your values. These all seem reasonable assumptions, but a new study from Berkeley University ...
Aug 24, 2022
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41 weeks), those born before 39 weeks are more likely to experience symptoms associated with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), according to a study by Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School.
Aug 12, 2022
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"Facts First" is the tagline of a CNN branding campaign which contends that "once facts are established, opinions can be formed." The problem is that while it sounds logical, this appealing assertion is a fallacy not supported ...
Aug 12, 2022
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Fast food and away-from-home meal consumption is associated with increasing obesity in adults; often an unhealthy dietary behavior established in the critical time frame of young adulthood. A research article featured in ...
Aug 8, 2022
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A new study focused on Black medical students finds those attending historically Black medical schools report a greater sense of belonging and greater confidence in their scholastic abilities than those in predominantly white ...
Aug 4, 2022
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