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.
For all of those who are worrying about getting old, here is some good news: Old age is getting younger. On average, today’s 75-year-olds are cognitively much…
Playful adults are fond of wordplay, like improvising, approach a challenge lightheartedly, take pleasure in unusual things, deal with others in a playful way,…
A new study by University of Chicago Booth School of Business Professor Nicholas Epley and Ph.D. candidate Juliana Schroeder found that when hypothetical…
It is an extreme example of what neuroscientists term “mental time travel” – the recollection of memories so rich in detail regarding the time and place of an…
“While not surprising,” write the authors in their study published in the journal Preventive Medicine, “this finding is important, as it demonstrates that the…
Although the majority of people doing unpaid work are also gainfully employed, earlier studies mainly focused on the effects of voluntary work on pensioners….
A book has just been published outlining the results from a recently concluded international, VW Foundation-supported study group consisting of researchers…
Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz (JGU) has been working in partnership with the University of Hildesheim over the past seven years to establish a new…
As Governments and UN bodies prepare for the World-Conference for Disaster Risk Reduction (March 2015), for the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG in summer…
As recent work from economists from the University of Luxembourg indicates, the apparent link between income inequality and lower general trust could be…
Initially developed to assist in the siting of new energy infrastructure, the team’s model has a broad range of implications from urban planning to climate…
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