When it comes to motivating employees, new research from the University of South Florida finds frontline workers, such as cashiers and retail clerks, value perks like food and outings far more than health benefits or gym memberships.

A professional musician’s ability to regulate their emotional state plays an important role in guaranteeing a successful performance. Previous studies have explored how anxiety affects the nervous system, leading to lower performance quality. However, the characterization of the optimal pre-performance state was unclear and required further exploration. Now, however, researchers have examined the role of unique, positive life events in modulating nervous system activities of musicians and how they positively influence performances.

Narrow walls, few hideouts: in cities, wall lizards build more social ties and form stable bonds, unlike their more solitary counterparts in natural habitats.