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Babies are able to learn abstract relations before the first year of life. Image credit: Kang Heungbo.

Infants Need Free Tongue Movement to Distinguish Speech Sounds, Say Scientists

Oct 13, 2015 by News Staff

A team of researchers led by Dr Alison Bruderer, a postdoctoral fellow at the University of British Columbia, has discovered a direct link between tongue...

Scientists say the human color perception changes between seasons. Image credit: BenHur / Nova / Jongleur100 / SpaceJ / CC BY-SA 3.0.

Research Sheds New Light on How We Process Color

Aug 7, 2015 by News Staff

A new study led by Lauren Welbourne from the University of York, UK, has revealed that humans see things differently in summer compared with winter. Scientists...

The new study has shown that men, on average, are more narcissistic than women. Narcissus by Caravaggio. Galleria Nazionale d’Arte Antica, Rome.

Men are More Narcissistic than Women, Psychologists Say

Mar 4, 2015 by News Staff

With 31 years of data from more than 475,000 participants, a new study published in the journal Psychological Bulletin supports the widely held belief...

Windbeeches on the Schauinsland in Germany. Image credit: Richard Fabi.

Feeling Cold is Contagious, New Research Finds

Feb 21, 2015 by News Staff

According to a new study led by Dr Neil Harrison of the University of Sussex, UK, humans are susceptible to the so-called temperature contagion. Windbeeches...

The study sheds new light on the link between sleep deprivation and obesity. Image credit: Sweet Briar College.

Late Evenings Linked to Repetitive Negative Thoughts in New Study

Dec 8, 2014 by News Staff

A new study published in the journal Cognitive Therapy and Research has found that people who sleep for shorter periods of time and go to bed very late...

New Study Analyzes Content of Nightmares, Bad Dreams

May 6, 2014 by News Staff

An analysis of 253 nightmares and 431 bad dreams conducted by Canadian psychology researchers shows that nightmares have greater emotional impact than...

On each experimental trial, the Generative Face Grammar platform randomly selected from a total of 41 a subset of action units and values specifying their temporal parameters, represented as color-coded curves. The dynamic action units were then combined to produce a 3D facial animation, illustrated here with four snapshots and corresponding color-coded temporal parameter curves. Naive observers categorized the random facial animation according to six emotions plus don’t know if the movements correlated with their subjective perceptual expectations of that emotion - here, fear. Each observer categorized a total of 2,400 random facial animations displayed on same-race faces of both sexes. Image credit: adapted from Rachael E. Jack et al, 2014.

Only Four Basic Emotions Exist, Researchers Say

Feb 3, 2014 by News Staff

According to scientists from the University of Glasgow’s Institute of Neuroscience and Psychology, there are only four basic emotions that we all experience. On...

A dried flowered bud of the Cannabis sativa plant (CC BY 2.5).

Dutch Study: Regular Consumption of Cannabis May Trigger Impulsive Behavior

Oct 29, 2013 by News Staff

A new study conducted in the Netherlands has shown that heavy cannabis users, who had a history of cocaine use, have increased levels of impulsive behavior. A...

Men walk at a slower pace to match the females' paces only when the female is their romantic partner. Image credit: Virginia Commonwealth University.

Males Walk Slower when Walking with Female Romantic Partner

Oct 24, 2013 by News Staff

Men tend to slow down by about 7 percent when walking with romantic partners, says a team of scientists from Seattle Pacific University, the United States. Men...

Escrava Isaura, a 2004 Brazilian telenovela. Image credit: Sérgio Savarese / CC BY 2.0.

New Study Shows What Makes Latin American Telenovelas so Popular

Oct 15, 2013 by News Staff

According to a new study led by Dr Tom van Laer from ESCP Europe Business School, a particular type of consumer enjoys stories with plots, characters,...

Waiting Room - Employment Office by Theresa Bernstein, 1917, oil on canvas. Image credit: The Jewish Museum, New York.

Waiting Makes Us More Patient, New Study Suggests

Oct 2, 2013 by News Staff

Waiting actually does make people more patient, which can provide a payoff for consumers by helping them make better decisions, according to Dr Ayelet...

These images show the procedure of experiments: participants wore red-cyan glasses and viewed stereograms containing a high-contrast red mask and a superimposed lower-contrast cyan object (Gary Lupyan / Emily J. Ward).

Words Can Reveal Unseen Objects, Researchers Say

Aug 27, 2013 by News Staff

Language can play a powerful role in what we see, say Prof Gary Lupyan from the University of Wisconsin and Emily Ward from Yale University. These images...

Night owls are persons who tend to stay up until late at night. Image credit: Artur Mikołajewski / CC BY-SA 3.0.

Night Owls More Likely to Have Psychopathy, Narcissism, Machiavellianism, Psychologists Find

Aug 23, 2013 by News Staff

According to Dr Peter Jonason from the University of Western Sydney and his colleagues, people who stay up late at night are more likely to display anti-social...

U.S. scientists say good state of mind affects your genes. Image credit: U.S. Department of Energy Human Genome Program.

Positive Psychology Influences Gene Expression in Humans, Scientists Say

Aug 12, 2013 by News Staff

According to a team of scientists from the University of North Carolina and the University of California, Los Angeles, different types of happiness have...

A schematic section through the human eye with a schematic enlargement of the retina (University of Utah)

Eye Blood Vessels Linked to Cognitive Function, IQ

Jun 5, 2013 by News Staff

According to a new study published in the journal Psychological Science, the width of blood vessels in the retina – a light-sensitive layer at the...

The new study shows that individuals whose brains are better at automatically suppressing background motion perform better on standard measures of intelligence (Michael D. Melnick et al)

Scientists Say Simple Visual Task Can Predict IQ

May 27, 2013 by News Staff

According to a new study led by Dr Michael Melnick from the University of Rochester, people with high IQ scores aren’t just more intelligent, they...

The new study indicates that the reason why a person may choose to show the amount they have donated but conceal their identity is because it may act as a signal informing others looking to donate of the charity’s quality and worthiness

Scientists Explain why People Make Large Donations Anonymously

May 22, 2013 by Enrico de Lazaro

Researchers at the University of Bristol’s Center for Market and Public Organization who studied why people choose to make large donations to charity...

Rosemary, Rosmarinus officinalis, at the Botanical Garden KIT, Karlsruhe, Germany (H. Zell / CC BY-SA 3.0)

New Study: Rosemary Aroma May Improve Prospective Memory

Apr 12, 2013 by Natali Anderson

According to a study conducted by Dr Jemma McCready and Dr Mark Moss from the University of Northumbria, England, the aroma of rosemary oil may improve...

Male Scientists More Likely to Commit Research Misconduct than Females

Jan 22, 2013 by Natali Anderson

According to a new study published today in the online journal mBio, male scientists are far more likely to commit fraud than females and the fraud occurs...