News Archive
June 2008
- Happiness is rising around the world: U-M study (6/30/08)
- The Perils of Overconfidence (6/30/08)
- When the Powerless Rise Up: Power leads to positive action, but only when acquired legitimately (6/16/08)
- Eastern Independence, Western Conformity? Study on Pen Selection Helps to Clarify Japanese and American Misconceptions (6/13/08)
- Who Shalt Not Kill? Brain Power Leads to Level-Headedness When Faced with Moral Dilemmas (6/09/08)
- Friends by chance? (6/02/08)
May 2008
April 2008
- United We Stand: When cooperation butts heads with competition (4/30/08)
- New Research Shows Consistency in Synaesthetic Experiences (4/29/08)
- Cause and Affect: Emotions can be unconsciously and subliminally evoked (4/28/08)
- What does it mean to be alive? How notions of the natural world unfold in development and across languages. (4/28/08)
- Is Happiness Having What You Want, Wanting What You Have, Or Both? (4/28/08)
- On the High Horse: Why dominant individuals climb the proverbial ladder (4/23/08)
- It Pays to Know Your Opponent: Success in Negotiations Improved by Perspective-Taking, but Limited by Empathy (4/22/08)
- Are humans hardwired for fairness? (4/16/08)
- A Little Anxiety Pays Sometimes, Study Shows (4/03/08)
March 2008
- Are you my mother? Transference more pronounced when we are tired (3/31/08)
- Study Shows Upside of Anger (3/26/08)
- Running Words Together: The Science Behind Cross-Linguistic Psychology (3/25/08)
- Hand Can't Be Fooled, Study Shows (3/10/08)
- New study reveals profound impact of our unconscious on reaching goals (3/07/08)
- Awkward! New study examines our gazes during potentially offensive behavior (3/05/08)
- Genes hold the key to how happy we are, scientists say (3/04/08)
February 2008
- The Evolution of Aversion: Why even children are fearful of snakes (2/27/08)
- Total, Genetically-Based Recall: Psychologists explore possibility of sex differences in memory, findings favor females (2/20/08)
- Yes, No, Maybe So: New Model Helps Identify What Works in Mental Health Treatment (2/15/08)
- A Sense of Scarcity: Why it seems like all the good ones are taken (2/12/08)
- The Beauty Bias: Can People Love the One They Are Compatible With? (2/11/08)
- Misery is not Miserly: New Study Finds Why Even Momentary Sadness Increases Spending (2/8/08)
- New York, New York: Study determines difference between abstract and concrete jungle (2/8/08)
January 2008
- Destined to Cheat? New research finds free will can keep us honest (1/28/08)
- Unanimous Union: The mind and body together lean toward ‘truthiness’ (1/24/08)
- Do Today's Young People Really Think They Are So Extraordinary? (1/17/08)
- Nature and Nurture are both to blame for depression, study says (1/15/08)
- Culture Influences Brain Function (1/11/08)
- Lasting Impression: Does the Face of a CEO Determine a Successful Company? (1/10/08)
- Lack of Imagination in Older Adults Linked to Declining Memory (1/07/08)
December 2007
- Labeling Keeps our Knowledge Organized, Study Shows (12/04/07)
- Got Sugar? Glucose Affects Our Ability to Resist Temptation (12/0307)
November 2007
- What's in a Name? Initials Linked to Success, Study Shows (11/14/07)
- Children and Monkeys Rationalize Their Decisions After a Tough Choice (11/06/07)
October 2007
- The Hand is Quicker than the Eye, and the Brain Knows It (10/24/07)
- Brain Waves That Distinguish False Memories From Real Ones Pinpointed (10/23/07)
- From Terror to Joy: Faced with Death, Our Minds Turn to Happier Thoughts (10/22/07)
- Level of Oxytocin in Pregnant Women Predicts Mother-Child Bond (10/15/07)
- Rejection Sets off Alarms for Folks with Low Self-Esteem (10/11/07)
- Why it is Impossible for Some to 'Just Say No' (10/10/07)
- In Birds, Expecting to Mate Leads to Higher Fertilization Rates (10/04/07)
- Female Math Performance Lies in the (Gender) Balance (10/02/07)
September 2007
- Study on Joint Attention Has Implications for Understanding Autism (09/26/07)
- Why Quitting May Be Good For You (09/26/07)
- New Study Discovers Why Few People Are Devoid of Racial Bias (09/24/07)
- Video Games Reduces Sex Differences in Spatial Skills (09/21/07)
- Brain atrophy in elderly leads to unintended racism, depression, and problem gambling (09/21/07)
- The Science of Collective Decision-Making (09/20/07)
- Association for Psychological Science: Celebrating 20 years as the leading voice in psychological science (09/20/07)
- Racism's Cognitive Toll: Subtle Discrimination is More Taxing on the Brain (09/19/07)
- The More Common the Digit, the More Radiant the Color in Grapheme Color Synaesthesia (09/18/07)
- UCR Psychology Professor Wins Award (09/17/07)
- Future career path of gifted youth can be predicted by age 13 (09/07/07)
August 2007
- Ability to "tell the difference" declines as infants age (08/31/07)
- God thoughts influence your generosity (08/29/07)
- Back to School: Cramming doesn't work in the long term (08/29/07)
- New study determines when infants can think of out-of-sight objects (08/29/07)
- Study suggests we remember the bad times better than the good (08/28/07)
- Back to School: Researchers pinpoint techniques for better learning (08/23/07)
- Baby talk is universal (08/21/07)
- Loneliness is bad for your health (08/17/07)
- Humans mispredict their emotions after decision making (08/16/07)
- Why we are unable to distinguish faces of other races (and sometimes our own) (08/14/07)
- New study examines how rearing environment can alter navigation (08/14/07)
- Does playing the brain/memory game really help? (08/03/07)
- The Matrix of Autism (08/03/07)
- New study shows that infants have 'mind-reading' capability (08/03/07)
- Monkeys learn in the same way as humans, psychologists report (08/01/07)
July 2007
- The unexpected consensus among voting methods (07/30/07)
- Seeing Colors: New Study Sheds Light on Sensory System Quirk (07/25/07)
- My bad! Why we feel guilt in the first place (07/24/07)
- The end of barroom brawls: Study shows alcohol can reduce aggression (07/18/07)
- "Shoulda, woulda, coulda" New study sheds light on how we would have done things differently (07/12/07)
- How the brain and iPods differ (07/11/07)
June 2007
- Putting Feelings Into Words Produces Therapeutic Effects in the Brain; UCLA Neuroimaging Study Supports Ancient Buddhist Teachings (06/21/07)
- The perks and pitfalls of pride (06/16/07)
- Smoking on the silver screen: new study shows exposure to smokers in movies increases likelihood of smoking in the future (06/13/07)
- Discriminating fact from fiction in recovered memories of childhood sexual abuse (06/13/07)
- It's not all the parent's fault: Delinquency in children now linked to biology (06/08/07)
- High self-esteem may be culturally universal, international study shows (06/07/07)
- The Roots of Grammar: new study shows children innately prepared to learn language (06/05/07)
May 2007
- UCL scientist develops a measure of distraction (05/30/07)
- Multi-tasking is hardest in the early morning (05/04/07)
- Brain shows humans break down events into smaller units (05/01/07)
April 2007
- New research shows children less prone to false memories than adults, challenging assumptions about eyewitness testimony (04/30/07)
- Energy use study demonstrates power of social norms (04/05/07)
- Study links propensity toward worry to early death (04/05/07)
March 2007
- Listen to your heart: Psychologists discover a physiological indicator of vulnerability to temptation (03/21/07)
- Your mom was wrong: horseplay is an important part of development (03/19/07)
- Infants Are Able to Detect the Impossible at an Early Age (03/19/07)
- New study reports on the state of human happiness (03/05/07)
- Man's best friend lends insight into human evolution (03/02/07)
- Goooal! New Study Shows Goalie May Influence Direction of Penalty Kick in Soccer (03/01/07)
- Genes and Stressed-Out Parents Lead To Shy Kids (03/01/07)
February 2007
- NYU Study Shows Diminished Sense of Moral Outrage Key to Maintaining View That World Is Fair and Just (02/28/07)
- How do I love me? New study presents a twist on the conventional narcissist (02/27/07)
- When God Sanctions Killing, the People Listen (02/23/07)
- Kids Allowed to Join Groups for Complex Reasons (02/19/07)
- Study: people willing to wait for money rewards over others (02/12/07)
- Facial Composite Systems Falling Short (02/09/07)
- Romance, Schmomance: Natural Selection Continues Even After Sex (02/09/07)
- Selectivity is Ultimate Aphrodisiac (02/06/07)
January 2007
- Morals do not conquer all in decision making (01/29/07)
- Study gives us a new perspective on the powerful (01/29/07)
- Implicit Stereotypes and Gender Identification may Affect Female Math Performance (01/29/07)
- A New Language Barrier: Why learning a new language may make you forget your old one (01/29/07)
- Internationally adopted children shed light on how babies learn language (01/29/07)
- Mind-set matters: Why thinking you got a work out may actually make you healthier (01/29/07)
2006
2005
2004
2003
2002
1997-2000
For the full copy of a release or article, please contact us.