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What are You Looking At? ‘Virtual’ Communication in the Age of Social Distancing

March 30, 2020 sarah Jonas Attention, BEHAVIOR, Communication, COVID-19, Perception, Psychology, social distancing, Speech

When discussions occur face-to-face, people know where their conversational partner is looking and vice versa. With “virtual” communication due to COVID-19 and the expansive use of mobile and video devices, now more than ever, it’s important to understand how these technologies impact communication. Where do people focus their attention? The eyes, mouth, the whole face? And how do they encode conversation? A first-of-its-kind study set out to determine whether being observed affects people’s behavior during online communication.

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Increases in self-reported mental health issues, service use in Ontario

March 30, 2020 sarah Jonas BEHAVIOR, DEPRESSION/ANGER, HEALTH CARE SYSTEMS/SERVICES, HEALTH PROFESSIONALS, MEDICINE/HEALTH, Mental Health, PERCEPTION/AWARENESS, Public Health, STRESS/ANXIETY

The number of people diagnosed with psychiatric disorders in Ontario remained stable between 2002 and 2014, but the number of

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What are you looking at? ‘Virtual’ communication in the age of social distancing

March 30, 2020 sarah Jonas AUDIOVISUAL MEDIA, BEHAVIOR, BUSINESS/ECONOMICS, Collaboration, LANGUAGE/LINGUISTICS/SPEECH, MASS MEDIA, SOCIAL/BEHAVIORAL SCIENCE, TELECOMMUNICATIONS

First-of-its-kind study explores phenomenon of visual cues and live video interactions

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Why life can get better as we age — study

March 26, 2020 sarah Jonas Aging, BEHAVIOR, COPING/PHOBIAS, DEMOGRAPHY, Mental Health, PERCEPTION/AWARENESS, QUALITY OF LIFE, SOCIAL/BEHAVIORAL SCIENCE

People say life gets better with age. Now research suggests this may be because older people have the wisdom and time to use mindfulness as a means to improve wellbeing.

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In politics and pandemics, trolls use fear, anger to drive clicks

March 26, 2020 sarah Jonas ADVERTISING/PUBLIC RELATIONS, BEHAVIOR, COMPUTER THEORY, INFORMATION MANAGEMENT/TRACKING SYSTEMS, MASS MEDIA, Mental Health, POLICY/ETHICS, SYSTEM SECURITY/HACKERS, TECHNOLOGY/ENGINEERING/COMPUTER SCIENCE

Fake Facebook ads placed by Russians in 2016 earned 9 times more clicks than typical ads

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Teeth serve as ‘archive of life,’ new research finds

March 25, 2020 sarah Jonas BEHAVIOR, Biology, DENTISTRY/PERIODONTAL DISEASE, Evolution, Genetics

Findings have implications for studying evolution of menopause, birth patterns, and offspring rearing of earlier humans

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Travel restrictions are most useful in the early and late phase of an epidemic

March 25, 2020 sarah Jonas BEHAVIOR, EPIDEMIOLOGY, INFECTIOUS/EMERGING DISEASES, MATHEMATICS/STATISTICS, POLICY/ETHICS, POPULATION BIOLOGY, SCIENCE/HEALTH AND THE LAW, VIROLOGY

Analysis of human mobility and epidemiological data by a global consortium of researchers, led by the University of Oxford and

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UW researchers to study resilience, well-being among King County residents during pandemic

March 24, 2020 sarah Jonas Adaptation, BEHAVIOR, Community, community resilience, Coping, Coping Behaviors, Coronavirus, COVID-19, COVID-19 and children, covid-19 and the elderly, Pandemic, Well-being

University of Washington researchers have launched the King County COVID-19 Community Study — or KC3S — to gather data through April 19 on how individuals and communities throughout King County are coping with the measures put in place to combat the spread of the COVID-19 virus.

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Past your bedtime? Inconsistency may increase risk to cardiovascular health

March 24, 2020 sarah Jonas BEHAVIOR, SLEEP/SLEEP DISORDERS, TECHNOLOGY/ENGINEERING/COMPUTER SCIENCE

Despite increasing awareness of how critical sleep is to our health, getting a good night’s rest remains increasingly difficult in

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