Attending the “Best” High School May Yield Benefits and Risks for Students
Parents often go to great lengths to ensure that their children attend top schools, surrounded by high-achieving peers who often come from advantaged backgrounds. But data collected from individuals over a span More...
People Who Value Virtue are Wiser
Most people often better at working through other people’s problems than our own. This situation called Solomon’s paradox. We may approach our friends’ problems with wise, clear-eyed objectivity, More...
Expensive Wine Taste Better. Does it?
How much you paid for a bottle of wine affects how much you enjoy it. If you spent $100 on a bottle of wine, or chocolate – you made yourself a deal: you will surely like its test and enjoy self-confident More...
Coke or Pepsi? Partner’s choices can make you miserable
differences in Smell It might not seem like a big deal if you like Coke while your partner likes Pepsi — but new research suggests preferring different brands can affect our happiness in relationships More...
Are you depressed? Your Go-To Instagram Filters Say a lot About You
The colors and the types of images you use for pictures you post on social media are indicative of what mood you’re in, according to a new study. Researchers from the University of Vermont and Harvard More...
Singles and have Bad cold? Being LONELY can make you Feel worse
Having a cold if you’re lonely can predict you’ll feel worse during sickness, according to research published by the American Psychological Association. By finding 213 unmarried people, age More...
Sex with your partner brings two days ‘afterglow’, say scientists
Having sex with your partner brings not only pleasure, but a 48-hour ‘afterglow’ which keeps people feeling content in their relationship and bonding partners together, a new study suggests. It was More...
Do We Look Like Our Names? Israeli Research Says Yes
Names: We make instant judgments about people’s intelligence, trustworthiness or dominance based on their facial appearance. Now, new Israeli researchers have investigated the reverse possibility: can the More...
We Read Emotions, mental states Based on How the Eye Sees
We use others’ eyes – whether they’re widened or narrowed – to infer emotional and mental states, and the inferences we make align with the optical function of those expressions, according to More...
Detecting Misinformation Can Improve your Memory Later On
Exposure to false information about an event usually makes it more difficult for people to recall the original details, but new research suggests that there may be times when misinformation actually More...