psychology
Infants exposed to baby talk words develop better language skills
The more baby talk words that infants are exposed to, the quicker they grasp the language.
Women judged more than men for hate speech
Here is what a new study has found.
Smaller plates don't help you eat less when you're hungry
Hunger stimulates stronger analytic processing that is not as easily fooled by the illusion.
Alert! You can be caught fake-laughing
People are more attuned to the emotional engagement of others, and more likely to use those signals to predict other people's behavior.
Boys have more tightly knit band of friends than girls: Study
Males tended to cluster together more in each mixed-sex school in the survey.
40 per cent of people have a fictional 'first' memory: Study
Current research indicates that people's first memories date from around three to three-and-a-half years of age.
Coffee scent may boost analytical performance
New study suggestd expectations about performance can be explained by beliefs that coffee scent alone makes people more alert and energetic
Overly-controlling parents can affect their children's well-being
Children who cannot regulate their emotions are more likely to have a harder time making friends and struggle in school.
Being positive helps fight cancer
Previous research has focused on how negative emotions impact cancer.
Turn exercise into game and feel the change
The game, called MapTrek, was designed by the Computational Epidemiology Research team.