The belief that one is smarter, better looking, more successful and more deserving than others — a personality trait known
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Shoppers more likely to pay for upgrades when extra cost is an ‘add-on’: ‘Mathematically, it’s the same, and on consideration we can see that, but intuitively add-on prices just feel less expensive,’ says researcher
Shoppers are up to one-third more likely to shell out for the premium option when the extra cost is expressed
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Bad to the bone or just bad behavior? Psychologist examines how perceptions of human morality influence behavior
Hannibal. Voldemort. Skeletor and Gargamel. It’s hard to imagine any nefarious villain having redeeming qualities. But what if someone were
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Similar information rates across languages, despite divergent speech rates
Spanish may seem to be spoken at a higher speed than Vietnamese, but that doesn’t make it any more “efficient.”
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Ecopipam reduces stuttering symptoms in proof-of-concept trial
A team led by a psychiatrist at the University of California, Riverside, has tested the orally administered investigational medication ecopipam
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International team discovers unique pathway for treating deadly children’s brain cancer: Genomic bait and switch starves mutation that contributes to Diffuse Intrinsic Pontine Gliomas (DIPG)
An international team of researchers led by Yale University, University of Iowa, and the Translational Genomics Research Institute (TGen), an
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Wiggling it beats a path for a better performance at school
Marching, wiggling and tapping a beat aids young children to develop their self-regulation skills and improve school readiness, as shown
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New research links early-life mortality and family structure, education, income
A new study from researchers at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill’s Carolina Population Center found that the
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Does genetic testing pose psychosocial risks?
For the last quarter century, researchers have been asking whether genetic information might have negative psychosocial effects. Anxiety, depression, disrupted
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My health: Consumers empowered by sharing medical ‘selfies’
Taking medical ‘selfies’ and sharing them with a doctor empowers and reassures healthcare consumers, and can improve doctor-patient relationships, a
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