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UrduWhat The Study Did: Patients with facial palsy completed questionnaires to help identify socioeconomic, personality and mental health factors associated with their health-related quality of life, information that may be beneficial in interpreting treatment outcomes. To access the embargoed study:…
Tag: PERSONALITY/ATTITUDE
Kitsch religious souvenirs can rekindle pilgrimage experience
‘Tacky and ‘kitsch’ religious souvenirs brought back from pilgrimage sites offer pilgrims and their friends and family who cannot make the journey a deeper religious connection. Research by Dr Leighanne Higgins, of Lancaster University, and Dr Kathy Hamilton, of the…
Gut feelings: Gut bacteria are linked to our personality
Dr Katerina Johnson, who conducted her PhD in the University’s Department of Experimental Psychology, was researching the science of that ‘gut feeling’ – the relationship between the bacteria living in the gut (the gut microbiome) and behavioural traits. In a…
Mind the trust gap: it’s wider than you think
Migration between southern and northern US regions doesn’t alter wide gap in trust levels among Americans, York U study shows
Gut feelings: Gut bacteria are linked to our personality
Dr Katerina Johnson, who conducted her PhD in the University’s Department of Experimental Psychology, was researching the science of that ‘gut feeling’ – the relationship between the bacteria living in the gut (the gut microbiome) and behavioural traits. In a…
Mind the trust gap: it’s wider than you think
Migration between southern and northern US regions doesn’t alter wide gap in trust levels among Americans, York U study shows
Prater is first UTA professor to be appointed Jefferson Science Fellow
‘I want to serve’
1 in 5 operations may lead to surprise bills, even when surgeon & hospital are in-network
$2,000 average potential bill for out-of-network care, and prevalence of out-of-network ‘surgical assistants,’ shows a need for national policy changes, researchers say
Why egalitarian values don’t catch on in post-Soviet countries
People’s values of personal choice, su?h as their attitudes towards abortion, divorce, and premarital sex, are usually determined their level of education, age, religiosity, and social status. At least this is the case in many countries such as the US…
Prater is first UTA professor to be appointed Jefferson Science Fellow
‘I want to serve’
1 in 5 operations may lead to surprise bills, even when surgeon & hospital are in-network
$2,000 average potential bill for out-of-network care, and prevalence of out-of-network ‘surgical assistants,’ shows a need for national policy changes, researchers say
Why egalitarian values don’t catch on in post-Soviet countries
People’s values of personal choice, su?h as their attitudes towards abortion, divorce, and premarital sex, are usually determined their level of education, age, religiosity, and social status. At least this is the case in many countries such as the US…
What makes a ‘good Samaritan’ good? That opinion depends on the beneficiary
Your good deed for the day–whether lending a hand to a stranger or giving up your seat on the subway–may prompt others to see you as a good and trustworthy person, but not always. In certain circumstances, it may do…
A happy partner leads to a healthier future
Science confirms: ‘happy wife, happy life.’
What makes a ‘good Samaritan’ good? That opinion depends on the beneficiary
Your good deed for the day–whether lending a hand to a stranger or giving up your seat on the subway–may prompt others to see you as a good and trustworthy person, but not always. In certain circumstances, it may do…
A happy partner leads to a healthier future
Science confirms: ‘happy wife, happy life.’
Build it and they will come
How inequality among the regions affects housing construction in Moscow
Build it and they will come
How inequality among the regions affects housing construction in Moscow
Social media users ‘copy’ friends’ eating habits
New Aston University study finds social media users eat more fruit and veg — or junk food — if they think their peer groups do
Popularity distance between a restaurant’s location and a person’s hometown biases ratings
Restaurant ratings skewed by up to 11%
Social media users ‘copy’ friends’ eating habits
New Aston University study finds social media users eat more fruit and veg — or junk food — if they think their peer groups do
Popularity distance between a restaurant’s location and a person’s hometown biases ratings
Restaurant ratings skewed by up to 11%
A study shows growth trends in female homicide victims in Spain spanning over a century
The analysis has identified an increase in female homicide victims starting in the 1960s and links it to the evolution of women’s role and status in society
A study shows growth trends in female homicide victims in Spain spanning over a century
The analysis has identified an increase in female homicide victims starting in the 1960s and links it to the evolution of women’s role and status in society
Study reveals global breast size dissatisfaction
Major worldwide research project discovers that 71% of women are unhappy
Publicly sharing a goal could help you persist after hitting failure
BINGHAMTON, N.Y. ? Publicly sharing a goal may help you persist after hitting a failure, but only if you care about what others think of you, according to new research from Binghamton University, State University of New York. However, public…
New program aims to help socially excluded groups become entrepreneurs
A new Europe-wide project aims to improve the chances of socially excluded groups and communities to establish and develop businesses
Want to change your personality? It may not be easy to do alone
Most people have an aspect of their personality they’d like to change, but without help it may be difficult to do so, according to a study led by a University of Arizona researcher and published in the Journal of Research…
New program aims to help socially excluded groups become entrepreneurs
A new Europe-wide project aims to improve the chances of socially excluded groups and communities to establish and develop businesses
Want to change your personality? It may not be easy to do alone
Most people have an aspect of their personality they’d like to change, but without help it may be difficult to do so, according to a study led by a University of Arizona researcher and published in the Journal of Research…
Branding in a hyperconnected world
News from the Journal of Marketing
Branding in a hyperconnected world
News from the Journal of Marketing
Avoid paying so people work
The idea behind unemployment benefits
Avoid paying so people work
The idea behind unemployment benefits
New study shows why women have to be likeable, and men don’t
A new study in The Economic Journal finds that likeability is an influencing factor in interactions between women, as well as interactions between men and women, but not in all-male interactions. The researchers conducted experiments where participants rated the likeability…
AI to help find causes of and reduce labour market gender and ethnic bias
Researchers will tackle the problem of gender and ethnic bias in recruitment and human resource management as part of a new £1m project
Ethics and Human Research, January-February 2020
Exploitation in ‘crowdsourced’ research, oversight of right-to-try access to experimental drugs, and more
New study shows why women have to be likeable, and men don’t
A new study in The Economic Journal finds that likeability is an influencing factor in interactions between women, as well as interactions between men and women, but not in all-male interactions. The researchers conducted experiments where participants rated the likeability…
Researchers foresee the ongoing use of cash
A study by the Polytechnic University of Valencia (UPV) and the University of Valencia (UV) concludes that the Eurozone is not prepared to replace cash with a cryptocurrency managed by the European Central Bank
AI to help find causes of and reduce labour market gender and ethnic bias
Researchers will tackle the problem of gender and ethnic bias in recruitment and human resource management as part of a new £1m project
Ethics and Human Research, January-February 2020
Exploitation in ‘crowdsourced’ research, oversight of right-to-try access to experimental drugs, and more
Researchers foresee the ongoing use of cash
A study by the Polytechnic University of Valencia (UPV) and the University of Valencia (UV) concludes that the Eurozone is not prepared to replace cash with a cryptocurrency managed by the European Central Bank
Global dissatisfaction with democracy at record high, new report reveals
Dissatisfaction with democratic politics among citizens of developed* countries has increased from a third to half of all individuals over the last quarter of a century, according to the largest international dataset on global attitudes to democracy ever made. In…
How personality predicts seeing others as sex objects
Study provides framework for identifying those at risk for attitudes of sexual objectification
AI to help monitor behavior
Could artificial intelligence improve educational and clinical decisions made by your child’s teacher, or your mental-health professional or even your medical doctor? Yes, indeed, says a study by an UdeM psychoeducator and behaviour analyst published in Perspectives on Behavior Science…
Effects of contact between minority and majority groups more complex than once believed
UMass Amherst, international team suggest new route to social change, intergroup harmony
How employees’ rankings disrupt cooperation and how managers can restore it
Cassandra Chambers observes that the introduction of performance rankings dramatically disrupts cooperation in groups. But simply supplying groups with information about their members’ rates of cooperation could largely offset this negative effect
How personality predicts seeing others as sex objects
Study provides framework for identifying those at risk for attitudes of sexual objectification
AI to help monitor behavior
Could artificial intelligence improve educational and clinical decisions made by your child’s teacher, or your mental-health professional or even your medical doctor? Yes, indeed, says a study by an UdeM psychoeducator and behaviour analyst published in Perspectives on Behavior Science…
Effects of contact between minority and majority groups more complex than once believed
UMass Amherst, international team suggest new route to social change, intergroup harmony