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Tag: SOCIAL/BEHAVIORAL SCIENCE
Unraveling the history and science behind ancient decorative metal threads
SAN DIEGO, Aug. 27, 2019 — When it comes to historical fashion, nothing stands out more than an item woven with shiny metal threads. These threads have been woven into textiles since ancient times and have been used by cultures…
Women are beautiful, men rational
Men are typically described by words that refer to behavior, while adjectives ascribed to women tend to be associated with physical appearance. This, according to a group of computer scientists from the University of Copenhagen and other universities that deployed…
Social media stress can lead to social media addiction
Social network users risk becoming more and more addicted to social media platforms even as they experience stress from their use. Social networking sites (SNS) such as Facebook and Instagram are known to cause stress in users, known as technostress…
Changing partners doesn’t change relationship dynamics, study shows
Think your new romance will be much different from your last one? According to new University of Alberta research, it’s not likely. An eight-year study of 554 people in Germany showed that eventually, they had the same dynamics in new…
Seeing it both ways: Visual perspective in memory
Recalling memories from first- or third-person can change how well you remember them over time
Social, executive brain functions crucial for communication
How non-language brain regions are recruited for language
Hiring committees that don’t believe in gender bias promote fewer women
Is gender bias in hiring really a thing? Opinions vary, but a new study by a UBC psychologist and researchers in France reveals that hiring committees who denied it’s a problem were less likely to promote women. “Our evidence suggests…
Anthropologist chronicles a nation’s deportation campaign
In her new book, Sarah Willen examines Israel’s campaign against migrant communities, drawing parall
Disability categories in education were redefined to exclude minorities, study shows
Educators, parents redefined terms to keep people out of most desirable special ed categories
Depression, anxiety linked to opioid use and reduced survival in women with breast cancer
Elderly women battling breast cancer who have anxiety, depression or other mental health conditions are more likely to use opioids and more likely to die, a new study led by the University of Virginia School of Medicine suggests. The findings…
Stable home lives improve prospects for preemies
Medical challenges at birth less important than stressful home life in predicting future psychiatric
New evidence that optimists live longer
After decades of research, a new study links optimism and prolonged life
Two studies reveal benefits of mindfulness for middle school students
Focusing awareness on the present moment can enhance academic performance and lower stress levels
Dopaminergic midbrain and human behavior
A study using real-time brain imaging of 43 young adults finds that risky decision making in humans may be driven by ongoing fluctuations of the dopaminergic midbrain, in the brain stem, suggesting that human behavioral variability may not be random…
Intelligence and practice in skill development
A study examines how intelligence and practice interact to influence the development of chess skills. Existing research supports roles for both intelligence and practice in human skill development, but the relative importance of these factors and their potential interplay are…
Spontaneous brain fluctuations influence risk-taking
Minute-to-minute fluctuations in human brain activity, linked to changing levels of dopamine, impact whether we make risky decisions, finds a new UCL study. The findings, published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ( PNAS ), could explain…
American Psychological Association conference on technology, mind and society
Presentations to focus on psychology of interactions between humans, technology
Even scientists have gender stereotypes … which can hamper the career of women researchers
However convinced we may be that science is not just for men, the concept of science remains much more strongly associated with masculinity than with femininity in people’s minds. This automatic bias, which had already been identified among the general…
White parents’ racial bias awareness associated with greater willingness to discuss race
Study’s findings could have implications for interventions to reduce racial biases in childhood
Children of incarcerated parents have more substance abuse, anxiety
DURHAM, N.C. — Children of incarcerated parents are six times more likely than other children to develop a substance use disorder as adults and nearly twice as likely to have diagnosable anxiety, according to new research from the Center for…
Suicide and self-harm risk nearly triple in people with restless leg syndrome
Restless legs syndrome was associated with a nearly tripled risk of suicide and self-harm in a new study led by Penn State researchers. Using Big Data, the researchers found that people with restless legs syndrome (RLS) had a 2.7- fold…
Tech time not to blame for teens’ mental health problems
Study of 400 teens finds little evidence linking excessive smartphone use and mental health outcomes
Fake news can lead to false memories
Voters may form false memories after seeing fabricated news stories, especially if those stories align with their political beliefs, according to research in Psychological Science , a journal of the Association for Psychological Science. The research was conducted in the…
Is it autism? The line is getting increasingly blurry
Around the world, the number of people diagnosed with autism is rising. In the United States, the prevalence of the disorder has grown from 0.05% in 1966 to more than 2% today. In Quebec, the reported prevalence is close to…
Families continue to enjoy TV together — but potentially ruin it for each other
TV companies battling to preserve the shared experience of scheduled TV viewing in an era of 24/7 streaming and personalised viewing need more than binge-watching contracts and no-sleeping agreements to keep customers. Recently, Netflix introduced a binge-watching contract for couples…
Health research funding lags for Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians and Pacific Islanders
CORVALLIS, Ore. – Clinical research funding continues to lag for the U.S. population of Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians and Pacific Islanders, even though the nation’s largest biomedical funding agency has pledged to prioritize research on diverse populations, a new study…
Wiggling it beats a path for a better performance at school
Rhythmic moves helps children’s self-regulation skills
Premature mortality is partly predicted by city neighborhood
Where you live in the City of Toronto impacts your health and longevity
Winning coaches’ locker room secret
In an analysis of hundreds of basketball half-time speeches, researchers found that anger goes farth
Predictability of parent interaction positively influences child’s development
It has been recognised for a long time that a child’s attachment and ability to regulate emotions are built on a reasonably good interaction with their parents. The importance of the quality of interaction is emphasised during the first few…
National narcissism rears its head in study of WWII
Arts & Sciences study suggests history may look different from the other side
Political campaigns may influence acceptance of violence against women
During the 2016 Presidential Election, both major party candidates, Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump, ran on polarizing platforms focusing on a few central issues: immigration, medicare, social issues (i.e., abortion, paid family leave), international trade, and sexism and violence against…
New study shows how autism can be measured through a non-verbal marker
How a visual test can help screen for autism
Care less with helmet
Psychologist at the University of Jena (Germany) discovers altered behaviour and brain activity amon
With NSF support, CSU team tackles post-hurricane grid resiliency
Designing a self-reliant, resilient electric system for Tallahassee
Too much inequality impedes support for public goods
Too much inequality impedes support for public goods, according to research published in Nature
Neanderthals commonly suffered from ‘swimmer’s ear’
Abnormal bony growths in the ear canal were surprisingly common in Neanderthals, according to a study published August 14, 2019 in the open-access journal PLOS ONE by Erik Trinkaus of Washington University and colleagues. External auditory exostoses are dense bony…
Sequential, concurrent multitasking is equally hard for men, women
Women perform no better than men in study investigating types of multitasking
Virtual reality experiences may help treat severe pain
Therapeutic virtual reality can be used to reduce severe pain in hospitalized patients, according to a study published August 14, 2019 in the open-access journal PLOS ONE by Brennan Spiegel of Cedars-Sinai Health System, USA, and colleagues. Therapeutic virtual reality…
Early-career female physicians experience obstacles to professional and academic success
Paper highlights individual and systemic challenges specific to female family physicians in their fi
Brain molecule identified as key in anxiety model
Study of nonhuman primates lays groundwork for new strategies in treating anxiety disorders
In difficult times, having multiple husbands can be an advantage
New research in Tanzania shatters stereotypes
A society’s cultural practices shape the structure of its social networks
Social groups that prefer individuals who possess a wide range of skills are less well-connected tha
UTA helping to develop database to track educator sexual misconduct
A database of teacher misconduct
Up to half of patients withhold life-threatening issues from doctors
Facing the threat of domestic violence, being a survivor of sexual assault, struggling with depression or thoughts of suicide are four topics that are difficult to broach with anyone. Including those who can help you. A new study reveals up…