Hidden costs: Emotion responses to command and control

“No taxation without representation!” As we learned in American history class, restrictions to personal liberties often trigger strong emotional reactions instead of deliberate, rational economic…

Hidden costs: Emotion responses to command and control

“No taxation without representation!” As we learned in American history class, restrictions to personal liberties often trigger strong emotional reactions instead of deliberate, rational economic…

Penn research points to omega-3 as an intervention for childhood behavioral problems

At the forefront of a field known as “neurocriminology,” Adrian Raine of the University of Pennsylvania has long studied the interplay between biology and environment when it comes to antisocial and…

Penn research points to omega-3 as an intervention for childhood behavioral problems

At the forefront of a field known as “neurocriminology,” Adrian Raine of the University of Pennsylvania has long studied the interplay between biology and environment when it comes to antisocial and…

Less focused on recurrent bad feelings through probiotics

People focus less on bad feelings and experiences from the past (i.e. rumination) after four weeks of probiotics administration.

Sensory-specific satiety and portion sizes influence future consumption: it’s the last bite that keeps you coming back for more

Your memory for that last bite of a steak or chocolate cake may be more influential than memory for the first bite in determining when you want to eat it again, according to research published in…

Children less likely to eat food if they know it’s good for them

When it comes to urging young children to eat healthy food, parents are better off saying nothing about the benefits than saying it will help them grow stronger or smarter.

Does food taste better the more expensive it is?

A restaurant in upstate New York offered diners the choice between paying $4 or $8 for their buffet and asked them to rate their experience, resulting in some surprising results.

Anger at your spouse could be related to blood sugar

Lower levels of blood sugar may make married people angrier at their spouses and even more likely to lash out aggressively, new research reveals.

Psychology used in cereal box retailing

In a study of 65 cereals in 10 different grocery stores, Cornell researchers found that cereals marketed to kids are placed half as high on supermarket shelves as adult cereals – the average height for children’s cereal boxes is 23 inches verses 48 inches for adult cereal.

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