In a new systematic review and meta-analysis, psychologists quantified the effects of various forms of sleep loss on multiple aspects of emotional experiences. The post Inadequate Sleep Impacts...
https://www.sci.news/othersciences/psychology/inadequate-sleep-emotions-12567.html
Neuroscientists have explored the brain mechanisms underlying positive and negative social stimuli in soccer fans during positive and negative social scenarios. The post Neuroscientists Use Bra...
https://www.sci.news/othersciences/neuroscience/soccer-fan-brain-12473.html
In a new study, researchers documented the various facial signals that domesticated cats (Felis silvestris catus) produce during affiliative and non-affiliative intraspecific interactions. The ...
https://www.sci.news/biology/cat-facial-expressions-12424.html
In a University of Florida-led study, scientists allowed pet dogs (Canis lupus familiaris) to pick their favorite food and favorite toy, then put them head to head in an experiment simulating a t...
New research from Guangzhou University and South China Normal University reveals neural mechanisms underlying the transmission of adolescent anxiety to others following maternal separation in inf...
https://www.sci.news/othersciences/neuroscience/contagious-anxiety-12361.html
In new research, scientists explored the effect that different odors have on human color perception by presenting olfactory stimuli while asking observers to adjust a color patch to be devoid of ...
https://www.sci.news/othersciences/psychology/odor-color-perception-12343.html
Researchers from the University of Surrey and elsewhere have found that young people (24 years and youger) spend an average of six hours a day online; older people spend 4.6 hours online. The p...
https://www.sci.news/othersciences/psychology/internet-addiction-spectrum-12315.html
Durham University archaeologist Izzy Wisher and colleagues investigated whether pareidolia may have influenced the artists who painted depictions of animals in the Las Monedas and La Pasiega cave...
https://www.sci.news/archaeology/paleolithic-pareidolia-12293.html
University of Bath Ph.D. student Alexz Farrall has invented a soft ball that ‘personifies’ breath, expanding and contracting as a person breathes in and exhales. The post Shape-Changing Bio...
https://www.sci.news/othersciences/psychiatry/paws-ball-12229.html
New research from Johns Hopkins University shows that silences can ‘substitute’ for sounds in event-based auditory illusions. The post Silence is Truly Heard, New Research Suggests appeare...
https://www.sci.news/othersciences/psychology/silence-perception-12084.html
Plain caffeine only partially reproduces the effects of drinking a cup of coffee, activating areas of the brain that make you feel more alert but not the areas of the brain that affect working me...
https://www.sci.news/othersciences/neuroscience/morning-coffee-12050.html
Western diets rich in fat and sugar promote excess calorie intake and weight gain; however, the underlying mechanisms are unclear. The post Daily Consumption of Sweet and Fatty Snacks Alters Ou...
https://www.sci.news/medicine/daily-consumption-sweet-fatty-snacks-reward-circuits-11770.html
Among animals, humans stand out in their consummate propensity to self-induce altered states of mind. The post Great Apes Spin Themselves to Deliberately Make Themselves Dizzy, Scientists Say ...
The role of the heart in the experience of time has been long theorized but empirical evidence is scarce. The post Study: Our Momentary Perception of Time May Stretch or Shrink with Each Heartb...
https://www.sci.news/othersciences/physiology/time-perception-heartbeat-11723.html
Scientists from New York University and Stanford University have tested 11-month-old infants and state-of-the-art learning-driven neural-network models on the Baby Intuitions Benchmark. The pos...
https://www.sci.news/othersciences/psychology/human-ai-commonsense-psychology-11679.html
Scientists have explored whether cognitive behavioral therapy delivered through the medium of tabletop role-playing game groups could positively affect social skills, reduce anxiety symptoms and ...
https://www.sci.news/othersciences/psychology/tabletop-role-playing-games-anxiety-11445.html
A new review of more than a dozen previous studies demonstrates that the act of breathing exerts a substantive, rhythmic influence on perception, emotion, and cognition. The post Breathing Impa...
https://www.sci.news/othersciences/psychology/breathing-brain-11376.html
Textbooks and popular science books claim with certainty that women are better at verbal fluency (sometimes also called word fluency) and verbal memory, but is this really a fact? The post Wome...
Cravings for a range of substances including drugs, alcohol, and food have been shown to predict subsequent consumption or use. The post Study: Stronger Cravings for Soft Drinks, Coffee Associa...
https://www.sci.news/othersciences/psychology/soft-drinks-coffee-cravings-11198.html
Approximately 20-30% of infants cry excessively and exhibit sleep difficulties for no apparent reason, causing parental stress and even triggering impulsive child maltreatment in a small number o...
https://www.sci.news/othersciences/psychology/infant-walking-11194.html