People make split-second judgements about a person’s competency based on their own perceptions of the person’s clothing, according to a study led by Princeton University…
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Exerting Self-Control Does Not Mean Sacrificing Pleasure Choosing to eat chocolate cake instead of carrot sticks does not equal a lack of self-control, according to…
A visual cue used by animators to accompany the acoustic characteristics of belching within the data set, called the “wavy lip gesture.” Credit: Jessica Moore…
More research into suicide needed ‘urgently,’ say international team. An international team of researchers has identified key networks within the brain that they say interact…
Dogs use facial expressions and body language to communicate with conspecifics and humans. Credit: Sylvio Tüpke The first comprehensive study of the human ability to…
New research from Duke University’s Fuqua School of Business on chess and tennis shows that even when competitors are evenly matched, players perform worse against…
International study including 27 countries shows people prioritize loved ones over everything else. Across the globe, caring for loved ones is what matters most. But,…
Do bad dreams serve a real purpose? To answer this question, researchers from the University of Geneva (UNIGE) and University Hospitals of Geneva (HUG), Switzerland,…
Hot coffee or cold brew? Pizza or pasta for dinner? These are the decisions that guide our everyday lives. What computations do our brains make…
Study establishes how some songs sound ‘right’ in different social contexts, all over the world. Nearly 200 years ago, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow asserted “Music is…
A study on mice shows animal research may need to take into account the connection between genes, behavior and personality. We might refer to someone’s…
With the presidential election a year away, pollsters will barrage the country with poll questions to get the pulse of the voters about the candidates.…
The findings of this latest work add to the canon of overall knowledge about what factors predict success. They also strengthen Duckworth’s original theories about…
For years news outlets have tied major sporting events to an increase in sex trafficking, but researchers have now revealed that assumption is a myth…
USC computer scientists and psychologists teamed up to investigate how music affects how you act, feel and think. In a new paper, a team of…
Rocket bomb damage to Chrysler Works, London, September 12, 1944. Credit: Crown Copyright courtesy of The National Archives A researcher from the University of York…
Research indicates perception of men as more intellectually gifted than women is nuanced. The stereotype that associates being “brilliant” with White men more than White…
Exposure to air pollution increases violent crime rates, study finds. Breathing dirty air can make you sick. But according to new research, it can also…