Prof. Dr. Sonja Utz studied whether social media (LinkedIn, Twitter, Facebook) users can retrieve professional informational benefits from social media use….
Many goals, from finding your dream job to finding a date to the movies, can feel completely out of your control. A common piece of advice to manage this…
For almost two decades, neuroscientists have known that this area, called the fusiform face area (FFA), plays a vital role in the brain's ability to recognize…
A new book presents evidence on how to reinforce social and economic inclusion in spite of population ageing. The findings are based on the latest data of the…
Whether we make everyday decisions based on our gut or our reason has little to do with what kind of a decision maker we are. Instead, the content of the…
At age 40, Finns, Swedes, and Norwegians have reached the approximate mid-point of life. It is well known that, on average, whether an individual has more or…
Twenty-five years after reunification, the once considerable differences between life expectancy in eastern and western Germany have almost disappeared for…
By studying networks of activity in the brain's frontal cortex, a region associated with control over thoughts and actions, the researchers have shown that the…
People over age 50 are scoring increasingly better on tests of cognitive function, according to a new study published in the journal PLOS ONE. At the same…
A team of researchers now used this approach to explore the development of large coalitions in a network of acquaintances, when cooperation promises the…
Previous psychological studies have actually found that because lower social class individuals are in difficult circumstances themselves, they are more…
The investigation deals with a taboo subject. It is rarely discussed that parents often experience a considerable loss of happiness after the birth of a first…
In a new study in mice, researchers at the University of Pennsylvania have shown that these systems work independently. A cue that unambiguously provided both…
In a study of how people interacted with avatars in an online game, women received less help from fellow players than men when they operated an unattractive…
Hands pressed to the hips or perhaps leaning back with arms crossed behind the head are typical poses of power. Referred to power poses or high status gestures…
Sometimes being too focused on a task is not a good thing.
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