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UrduUNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — American politicians have long been expected to uphold a certain veneer: powerful, influential and never vulnerable. New Penn State research has found that these idealized forms of masculinity may also help explain support for Donald Trump…
Tag: PERSONALITY/ATTITUDE
Pandemic has revealed our dependence on migrant workers
Migrant workers and seasonal workers are marginalized, invisible and exploited.
Graz research group develops health portal of the future
Can this digital medium make predictions about the individual information needs of users, recognize their cognitive abilities, and use this data to convey high-quality medical content in a comprehensible and clear manner? If Tobias Schreck, head of the Institute of…
Book sheds light on work by opposition politicians in Singapore
Journey in Blue: A Peek into the Workers’ Party of Singapore by former non-constituency member of parliament (NCMP) Yee Jenn Jong covers Jenn Jong’s unexpected leap into opposition politics just weeks before the breakthrough 2011 General Election and his experience…
Consumers challenged by high status peers make a ‘status pivot,’ new study finds
Consumers prefer to make a ‘status pivot’ so they can shine brighter than their successful peers
Social media use by young people in conflict-ridden Myanmar
New Rochelle, NY, December 21, 2020–Myanmar youth rely heavily on Facebook for news and information. This can be a platform for disseminating fake news and hate speech. With poor digital literacy skills, these youths may be susceptible to disinformation campaigns…
Young people regarded COVID-19 as a threat to the older generation but not to themselves
At the start of the pandemic, young Singaporeans regarded COVID-19 as a threat to the older generation but not to themselves, finds NTU Singapore study During the early stages of the COVID-19 outbreak, young Singaporeans understood the infectious disease to…
How to be happier in 2021
Toss out your usual list of New Year’s resolutions and do things that make the world a better place
Brain tissue yields clues to causes of PTSD
A post-mortem analysis of brain tissue from people who had been diagnosed with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) may help explain enduring mysteries about the disorder, such as why women are more susceptible to it and whether a dampened immune system…
Researchers reveal link between cryptocurrency coding and market behavior
City, University of London’s Dr Andrea Baronchelli and colleagues challenge the ‘code is law’ principle which grants transparency to currencies created by cryptographic algorithms
Monkeys, like humans, persist at tasks they’ve already invested in
Studying this phenomenon in animals can teach us about how their minds — and ours — work, the researchers said.
COVID-19: what strategies are beneficial to the state
Competing benefits: economic theory and COVID constraints
Neurotic people feel worse emotionally during the corona crisis
Psychologists study personality and well-being during the pandemic
Why do we assume pandemics result in devastation?
Researchers found that early doctors and scholars who studied ancient plagues have shaped our fears and expectations of pandemics today
New nature lover? It’s a COVID-19 side effect
Pandemic drove many people into nature for the first time in years
Childhood intervention can prevent ‘deaths of despair’
Intensive program reduces risky behaviors in adolescence and young adulthood
Financial woes grow worse during pandemic for American families
Study tracking families finds more report trouble paying bills
$10M grant from Exact Sciences to support Stand Up to Cancer colorectal cancer initiative
New grant will fund colorectal cancer prevention research and public awareness efforts to increase screenings, with a focus on medically underserved communities
African American youth who receive positive messages about their racial group may perform better in school
Youth of color represent over half of the school-aged population (kindergarten through twelfth grade) in public schools in the United States. This creates a need for evidence-driven approaches that address the pervasive Black-White achievement gap. A new longitudinal study shows…
Scientists publish the first human psychological aging clock using artificial intelligence
Scientists at Deep Longevity published the first set of psychomarkers of aging developed using deep learning to track the changes in human psychology; the new PsychoAge and SubjAge aging clocks were linked to mortality risk
Talking like a woman in TED Talks is associated with more popularity
Talking like a woman at online TED Talks is being “uniquely rewarded” with more views according to researchers, who say female language style is an “underappreciated but highly effective tool for social influence”. The study published in PLOS ONE by…
Crowdfunding can affect consumer product choices — especially when the products do good
When it comes to introducing new products to the market, crowdfunding has become a hugely popular way for sellers to attract customers. A new study from the UBC Sauder School of Business shows that people will pay far more for…
The 16 facial expressions most common to emotional situations worldwide
At a time when nativism is on the rise, study reveals the universality of human emotional expression
Ignoring CDC guidelines leads to fear, anger among employees
Mixed messaging amid COVID-19 pandemic negatively impacts trust in organization
Costs, COVID-19 risk and delays top older adults’ concerns about seeking emergency care
Findings could help hospitals improve emergency department care and follow-up for people aged 50 to 80
Losing money causes plastic changes in the brain
Researchers at the HSE Institute for Cognitive Neuroscience have shown experimentally that economic activity can actively change the brain. Signals that predict regular financial losses evoke plastic changes in the cortex. Therefore, these signals are processed by the brain more…
Positive messages encourage safer driver behavior than fear tactics
A new study has shown that films demonstrating responsible behaviour could lead to young drivers taking fewer risks on the road than if they only saw videos aimed at provoking fear of accidents. Over one million people are killed in…
Young adults who identify as Republicans eschew COVID safety precautions
Young Californians who identify themselves as Republicans are less likely to follow social distancing guidelines that prevent coronavirus transmission than those who identify as Democrats or Independents, according to new USC study published today in JAMA Internal Medicine.
Proportionally more male bosses negative toward depression
A higher proportion of male than of female managers have negative attitudes toward depression, a University of Gothenburg study shows. The more senior the managerial positions, the bigger the share of men with negative attitudes; the same, moreover, applies to…
USC study: Young adults who identify as Republicans eschew COVID safety precautions
Politization of precautions unexpected among 18- to 25-year-olds
A biased evaluation of employees’ performance can be useful for employers
In assessing an employee’s performance, employers often listen to his immediate supervisor or colleagues, and these opinions can be highly subjective. Sergey Stepanov, an economist from HSE University, has shown that biased evaluations can actually benefit employers. An article substantiating…
Increased social media use linked to developing depression, research finds
A study of young adults who use social media more are also more likely to develop depression within six months, a U of A study shows.
Americans must be vigilant against anti-vax rumors in ‘fractured media universe’
US rollout of vaccine demands ‘unprecedented level of communication between federal agencies and the American people’
German public attitudes toward health communications regarding COVID-19
What The Study Did: This survey study assessed attitudes of the German public regarding COVID-19 health communications with varying degrees of scientific uncertainty. Authors: Odette Wegwarth, Ph.D., of the Max Planck Institute for Human Development in Berlin, is the corresponding author.…
Wielding a gun makes a shooter perceive others as wielding a gun, too
New experiments underscore what researchers call the ‘gun embodiment effect’
Engaged dads can reduce adolescent behavioral problems, improve well-being
In low-income families, fathers who are engaged in their children’s lives can help to improve their mental health and behavior, according to a Rutgers University-New Brunswick study published in the journal Social Service Review . The researchers found that adolescents…
How you measure happiness depends on where you live
Original research from 63 countries shows different questions must be asked to gauge happiness in Asian, Western countries
ERC consolidator grant for Christina Felfe
Saturday on the playground. “Look, there are some kids playing. Shall we go there?” The four-year-old daughter shakes her head: “I don’t want to play with them. Because they’re fat.” People decide very early in their lives which groups they…
Eyebuy: Sweeping glances can cost you money
Unplanned purchases are an important profit source for retailers. Because looking at products is always the first step in making a purchase decision, retailers apply various strategies in order to bring shoppers in juxtaposition with the store assortment. “Over the…
‘Pink tax’ hurts female consumers, but electing more women combats it
HOUSTON – (Dec. 8, 2020) – The wage gap between men and women is no secret, but another form of gender discrimination directly and disproportionately affects women worldwide: the “pink tax” imposed by import tariffs that target female products. But…
How do we separate the factual from the possible? New research shows how our brain responds to both
Our brains respond to language expressing facts differently than they do to words conveying possibility, a team of neuroscientists has found. Its work offers new insights into the impact word choice has on how we make distinctions between what’s real…
Using a video game to understand the origin of emotions
Emotions are complex phenomena that influence our minds, bodies and behaviour.
New CCNY-developed resource measures severity of work-related depression
First came their pioneering research a few years ago linking burnout and depression. Now City College of New York psychologist Irvin Sam Schonfeld and his University of Neuchâtel collaborator Renzo Bianchi present the Occupational Depression Inventory [ODI], a measure designed…
nTIDE November 2020 Jobs Report: Americans with disabilities remain engaged in labor force
Kessler Foundation and University of New Hampshire nTIDE Report — featuring A Little Something Extra Ice Cream, a family-owned business in Alabama run by young adults with disabilities
Patients with kidney disease may delay AVF creation
Despite early referral and education, half of patients with advanced CKD delay AVF creation. Many patients start hemodialysis with temporary vascular access despite regular kidney care and pre-dialysis education. Delay is often related to patient choice but research on patients’…
Role of birth order on career choice might have been overestimated in previous research
Little-to-no evidence that first vs. later-borns are destined for specific careers
For nationalistic regimes, similar COVID-19 policies are the sincerest form of flattery
Pandemic response suggests nations copy their neighbors
A new view of how the brain decides to make an effort
How the human ventral striatum kicks in during decision-making
Academic dishonesty: Fear and justifications
Why Russian undergraduates cheat and how they rationalise it for themselves and others
Personality changes predict early career outcomes
Making personality changes can sometimes promote success