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A chemical hormone released in the body as a reaction to stress could be a key trigger of the mechanism for the late onset of Alzheimer’s disease.

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Despite the reputation of online marketplaces being distant and impersonal, they can create the sense of personal relationships between buyers and sellers, termed “swift guanxi” in China, to facilitate interactivity and repeat transactions, according to new research by Temple University Fox School of Business Professor Paul A. Pavlou.

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A study of 365 sell-side financial analysts shows that private phone calls with managers remain an essential source of analysts’ earnings forecasts and stock recommendations – even in light of regulations limiting businesses’ selective disclosure of financial information.

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Cities across the U.S. are trying to reverse middle-class flight, many through public schools. Temple University urban ed professor Maia Bloomfield Cucchiara investigates what happened in Philadelphia, as well as other large cities, when public schools became urban amenities.

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Research from Temple University’s Center for Competitive Government finds that privately operated prisons can substantially cut costs while performing at equal or better levels than government-run prisons.

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A group of researchers used a statistical technique to identify the prevalence of cognitive impairment in centenarians and try to understand the cognitive changes that are part of extreme aging.

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Toddlers whose parents praised their efforts more than they praised them as individuals had a more positive approach to challenges five years later. That’s the finding of a new longitudinal study that also found gender differences in the kind of praise that parents offer their children. The study, by Elizabeth Gunderson, asst. professor of psychology at Temple, and researchers at the University of Chicago and Stanford University, appears in the journal Child Development.

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