Making decisions that impact the lives of others involves considering the options available and selecting ones that will provide optimal benefit to them. This happens on a broad scale, from getting a gift for a friend to ...
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Consumers love having choices, even when it comes to vaccines, according to new research from the University of Oregon.
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Over the course of their lives, humans build subjective internal models outlining the associations between specific environmental stimuli and rewards that could be gained from interacting with them. These experience-based ...
Less than a week after her golden retriever Riley died, information studies Professor Jen Golbeck found him napping in her living room, "curled up like a croissant like he always was," on his red and gray-fleece dog bed.
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New research from King's College London has found that spaces with a diverse range of natural features are associated with stronger improvements in our mental well-being compared to spaces with less natural diversity.
Apr 16, 2024
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In post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), intrusive thoughts, changes in mood, and other symptoms after exposure to trauma can greatly impact a person's quality of life. About 6% of people who experience trauma develop the ...
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A University of Michigan study has shown that traumatic experiences during childhood may get "under the skin" later in life, impairing the muscle function of people as they age.
Apr 15, 2024
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We've all been in a similar situation—you lock your front door for the umpteenth time in a given week only to panic minutes later when you're driving to work as you struggle to remember if you actually locked the door.
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Middle-aged Americans are lonelier than their European counterparts. That's the key finding of my team's recent study, published in American Psychologist.
Apr 14, 2024
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Standardized tests put a lot of pressure on teenagers who want to secure their future and make their parents and teachers proud.
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