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Self-affirmation Can Boost Acceptance of Health Advice, Penn-led Study Finds
A new discovery shows how a simple intervention—self-affirmation—can open our brains to accept advice that is hard to hear.
Annenberg Student Work To Be Highlighted at 2014 Screening Scholarship Media Festival
The documentary, “The 3,100-mile Self-transcendence Race” by doctoral students Corrina Laughlin and Kevi
Penn Researchers Hornik and Lerman Receive $20 Million in Federal Funding to Establish Tobacco Center of Regulatory Science
A $20 million federal grant will create the University of Pennsylvania Tobacco Center of Regulatory Science (Penn TCORS). A first-of-its-kind regulatory science research enterprise, the new center is designed to conduct studies to inform the regulation of tobacco products to protect public health. The new grant is supported by the U.S.
Penn Study: Downsides of Cancer Care Rarely Seen in Black Media
PHILADELPHIA -- Blacks in the United States who rely on African American news publications for health information are about three times less likely to learn about important aspects of cancer care than they would be if they turned to mainstream media for the same information.