Language may play an important role in learning the meanings of numbers, scholars at the University of Chicago report.
A study based on research on deaf people in Nicaragua who never learned formal sign language showed that people who communicate …
WASHINGTON — When people think unpleasant events are over, they remember them as being less painful or annoying than when they expect them to happen again, pointing to the power of expectation to help people brace for the worst, according to stud…
Married people may think they communicate well with their partners, but psychologists have found that they don’t always convey messages to their loved ones as well as they think — and in some cases, the spouses communicate no better than stran…
WASHINGTON, DC, December 8, 2010 — In a country with Jim Crow segregation laws and the “one-drop rule” determining who was black and therefore where and what a person was permitted to be, it’s easy to see why those who plausibly could, might pass…
The amount of time parents spend talking about numbers has a much bigger impact on how young children learn mathematics than was previously known, researchers at the University of Chicago have found.
For example, children whose parents talked more…
The amount of time parents spend talking about numbers has a much bigger impact on how young children learn mathematics than was previously known, researchers at the University of Chicago have found.
For example, children whose parents ta…
WASHINGTON — People aren’t very accurate at predicting how good or bad they’ll feel after an event — such as watching their team lose the big game or getting a flat-screen TV. But afterwards, they “misremember” what they predicted, revising their…
Two people can learn to cooperate with each other intuitively — without communication or any conscious intention to cooperate. But this process breaks down in groups of three or more.
A study by members of the University of Leicester’s School of…
MADISON — Psychological well-being is powerful enough to counteract the pull of socioeconomic status on the long-term health of the disadvantaged, according to a study by researchers at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Lack of education is …
Many studies have documented the dangers of the traditional negative physical risk factors on health — excessive smoking, drinking and being overweight. But far less research has focused on less-tangible, positive influences — the protective role…
Changing how a person perceives and thinks about others was the most effective intervention for loneliness, a sweeping analysis of previous research has determined. The findings may help physicians and psychologists develop better treatments for lon…
BUFFALO, N.Y. — In the first study of its kind, researchers have found compelling evidence that our best and worst experiences in life are likely to involve not individual accomplishments, but interaction with other people and the fulfillment of an…