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Tag: SOCIAL/BEHAVIORAL SCIENCE
Banishing bandits: Other countries bear the cost
A new study reveals the strategies that stop bandits from illegally fishing in Australian waters–but warns there is a cost to the region’s poorer countries. Co-author Dr Brock Bergseth, from the ARC Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies at…
Study highlights need to replace ‘ancestry’ in forensics with something more accurate
A new study finds forensics researchers use terms related to ancestry and race in inconsistent ways, and calls for the discipline to adopt a new approach to better account for both the fluidity of populations and how historical events have…
Cocoa bean DNA testing offers path to end slavery and child labour in chocolate industry
Research shows low-cost DNA biomarker technique can trace cocoa from a specific farm to the chocolate bar in your hand
‘Greta Thunberg Effect’ belies challenges for autistic community in going green
Autistic people need extra help in going green say researchers behind a new study which argues for a more inclusive environmental agenda. Climate action movements are gathering extraordinary pace due to international campaigners like Greta Thunberg, whose autism has been…
How corporate managers try to fix workplace injustices by giving employees secret perks
A new study co-authored by the UBC Sauder School of Business has found that when senior managers mistreat workers, middle managers often attempt to quietly smooth things over. Robin Hood was known for stealing from the rich and giving to…
US congressional members struck a different tone along party lines in 8 months of COVID-19 social
Meaningful messaging: Sentiment in elite social media communication with the public on the COVID-19 pandemic
Behavioral health integration helps practices address patients’ socioeconomic needs
Applying lessons from behavioral health integration to social care integration in primary care
Integration of social care into health care: Our collective path ahead
Researchers, policy makers, health care systems and payers all play a part in meeting patient social care needs
No more cone? Psychology researchers offer better tool for visualizing hurricane danger
Improving upon the ‘cone of uncertainty’
Experts advocate for ’employment first, employment for all’ for workers with disabilities
Inclusionary values are emphasized in this special issue of the Journal of Vocational Rehabilitation, which presents contributions from the 2020 Conference of the Association of People Supporting Employment First (APSE)
Even on Facebook, COVID-19 polarized members of US Congress
Tone of social media posts revealed partisanship, study finds
Escort services and strip clubs don’t increase sex crimes
A new paper in The Economic Journal , published by by Oxford University Press, indicates that the presence of adult entertainment establishments may decrease sex crimes, significantly. The role of entertainment establishments (strip clubs, escort services, adult bookstores, and adult…
New evidence of menopause in killer whales
Scientists have found new evidence of menopause in killer whales – raising fascinating questions about how and why it evolved. Most animals breed throughout their lives. Only humans and four whale species are known to experience menopause, and scientists have…
US-wide, non-white neighborhoods are hotter than white ones
Wealthier, whiter urban and small-town residents benefit more from cooling infrastructure and trees
Study assesses the prevalence of mental illness during the pandemic among folks aged 50-80
The study was conducted in the city of São Paulo, with over 2,000 participants who were active or retired staff of the University of São Paulo and enrolled in the Brazilian Longitudinal Study of Adult Health (ELSA-Brazil).
Rats prefer to help their own kind; humans may be similarly wired
New study reveals brain mechanism that drives rats to act out of kindness
The user journey behind socially electric live event experience
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Resilience, not collapse: What the Easter Island myth gets wrong
BINGHAMTON, N.Y. — New research from Binghamton University, State University of New York suggests that the demographic collapse at the core of the Easter Island myth didn’t really happen. You probably know this story, or a version of it: On…
Two-thirds of Romantic Couples Start Out as Friends, Study Finds
Movies and television often show romance sparking when two strangers meet. Real-life couples, however, are far more likely to begin as friends. Two-thirds of romantic relationships start out platonically, a new study in Social Psychological and Personality Science finds.
DFG to fund 13 new research units
Topics range from DNA viruses and learning in visual computing to issues relating to migration due to labour, education and displacement / A total of some €47.4 million for the first funding period
Near the toys and the candy bars–
Comprehensive Hebrew U. audit uncovers tobacco companies’ sneaky tactics to circumvent regulators and target kids
Akerlof receives award from NSF for project on equity in scientific co-production
Karen Akerlof, Assistant Professor, Environmental Science and Policy, received funding from the National Science Foundation for a project in which she will develop a framework for addressing equity concerns in the co-production of knowledge with University of Alaska Fairbanks co-PI…
How learning Braille changes brain structure over time
White matter reorganizes at specific time points to meet the needs of the brain
Study shows mental health, support, not just substance misuse key in parental neglect
Rates of clinical depression, substance use key in predicting neglectful behavior
View of Estonian artists on the Soviet political-aesthetic project was ironic and playful
Estonian historians have generally viewed the Soviet Union as a regressive and anachronistic country. The picture of the Soviet project that emerges through the eyes of late Soviet Estonian artists is modern in its own terms. The Soviet Postcolonial studies,…
Corona gets us tired
Societies act rationally and in solidarity – but also increasingly experience a sense of fatigue, says a study of Helmholtz-Zentrum Hereon
Hitting the right note
When it comes to estimating their ability to sing in tune, even professional singers tend to overestimate the accuracy of their own performance, study shows
Recess quality influences student behavior, social-emotional development, OSU study finds
Recess quality, not just the amount of time spent away from the classroom, plays a major role in whether children experience the full physical, mental and social-emotional benefits of recess, a new study from Oregon State University found. “Not all…
The incidence of COVID-19 in a Brazilian regional soccer league is one of the highest
Researchers analyzed almost 30,000 RT-PCR tests on swabs from 4,269 players in 2020: 11.7% turned out positive; the rate was the same as among front-line health workers
COVID-19 pandemic linked to reduced access to gender-affirming care in 76 countries
Reduced access was associated with poorer mental health for transgender and nonbinary people
The role of race and scientific trust on support for COVID-19 social distancing
Trust in science – but not trust in politicians or the media – significantly raises support across US racial groups for COVID-19 social distancing. ### Article Title: The role of race and scientific trust on support for COVID-19 social distancing…
Black hairstyles will inspire innovative building materials in new research
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — Natural Black hair texture and styling practices – such a braiding, locking and crocheting – will help inspire and generate novel building materials and architecture structures using computational design processes in new research funded by the…
Red Dead Redemption 2 teaches players about wildlife
Players of the popular game Red Dead Redemption 2 learn how to identify real American wildlife, new research shows. The game, set in the American West in 1899, features simulations of about 200 real species of animals. The new study,…
Interactive police line-ups improve eyewitness accuracy – study
Eyewitnesses can identify perpetrators more accurately when they are able to manipulate 3D images of suspects, according to a new study. A team of researchers in the University of Birmingham’s School of Psychology developed and tested new interactive lineup software…
Estonian teachers have a strong belief in students’ creativity
The doctoral thesis focused on creativity in the school environment and studied how students and teachers perceive and experience creativity. A broader framework for studying creativity in the school environment, including cultural factors in the manifestation of creativity, means that…
Do I buy or not?
You have probably often said to yourself: “This time, I will only buy what I need!” But then you still ended up coming home with things that were not on your shopping list.
Buried treasure: New study spotlights bias in leadership assessments of women
The UToledo research highlights the continuing bias in leadership assessments of women and explores the contradictions between the perception and the reality of women’s leadership.
Do I buy or not?
You have probably often said to yourself: “This time, I will only buy what I need!” But then you still ended up coming home with things that were not on your shopping list. How can you prevent such impulse buying?…
Why we need to talk openly about vaccine side effects
We need to talk openly about vaccine side effects if we are to defeat the coronavirus pandemic
The outsized impacts of rudeness in the workplace
New study finds rudeness can boost negative emotions, narrowing workers’ perceptions and incurring biases in judgment
Newborns to three months should be stimulated to hold and reach for objects, study says
According to a recently published study, when newborns observe adults performing everyday tasks, their social, motor and cognitive development is stimulated
Wage inequality negatively impacts customer satisfaction and does not improve long-term firm performance
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Digital government needs to better take women’s digital needs into account
Experts explore the persisting digital gender gap in digital government research and practice and present a vision for future research in this Special Issue of Information Polity
How can counselors address social justice amid climate change?
We’re currently living in what many scientists are calling the Anthropocene, the period during which human activity has been the dominant influence on climate and the environment. An article published in the Journal of Multicultural Counseling and Development discusses how…
Packaged water consumption linked to cholera outbreak in DRC capital
Cholera is a diarrheal disease caused by ingestion of the Vibrio cholerae bacterium. In November 2017, a cholera epidemic occurred in Kinshasa, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, where no outbreak had been recorded for nearly a decade. A study…
How experiencing diverse emotions impacts students
Experiencing a variety of positive emotions–or emodiversity–may benefit high school students, according to a study published in the British Journal of Educational Psychology . Positive emodiversity was associated with greater engagement (which has cognitive, behavioral, and emotional components) and academic…
Scientists show how light therapy treats depression in mice model
Light activates the circadian clock gene Period1 in a brain region that affects the mood
Has the COVID-19 pandemic lessened bullying at school?
Students reported far higher rates of bullying at school before the COVID-19 pandemic than during the pandemic across all forms of bullying–general, physical, verbal, and social–except for cyber bullying, where differences in rates were less pronounced. The findings come from…
PNAS announces “Publish-and-Read” agreement with Jisc
Washington, DC–The Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ( PNAS ) is pleased to announce a two-year transformational open access (OA) pilot agreement between Jisc and the National Academy of Sciences (NAS). The “Publish-and-Read” agreement will allow corresponding authors…