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Released: 7-Nov-2023 11:05 AM EST
For beginning nontraditional farmers, stress is a constant
Ohio State University

Farming is already a stressful occupation, but the stress is compounded for nontraditional beginning farmers, a small study in the Midwest suggests. Results showed that 58% of survey respondents reported mild to severe symptoms of anxiety or depression.

Released: 7-Nov-2023 11:05 AM EST
French love letters confiscated by Britain finally read after 265 years
University of Cambridge

Lost letters from 1757 reveal family love, quarrels, and tensions in wartime France.

 
Released: 6-Nov-2023 5:05 PM EST
Chicago community violence intervention program shown to reduce gun violence
Northwestern University

New research shows large reductions in gun violence involvement for participants of a Chicago-based community violence intervention (CVI) program.

Released: 6-Nov-2023 10:05 AM EST
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy beneficial for patients with ME/CFS
Amsterdam UMC

Research from Amsterdam UMC shows that patients with Post-Exertional Malaise can also benefit from CBT

Released: 6-Nov-2023 10:05 AM EST
Rewarding women more like men could reduce wage gap
Cornell University

Addressing the shortage of women in STEM fields such as computer science is not enough to close the gender gap: Treating women more like men, especially on pay day, is more important than representation alone, according to Cornell research.

Released: 3-Nov-2023 7:05 PM EDT
Men less likely than women to share negative information, says study
City University London

A new study from Carnegie Mellon University, Bayes Business School (formerly Cass), and Bocconi University has found that men are less eager and likely to share negative information than women, while there was little difference when it comes to positive news.

Released: 2-Nov-2023 9:05 PM EDT
In online news, do mouse clicks speak louder than words?
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)

In a polarized country, how much does the media influence people’s political views? A new study co-authored by MIT scholars finds the answer depends on people’s media preferences — and, crucially, how these preferences are measured.

Newswise: New Coalition for Permanent Standard Time supports healthy choice in clock-change debate
Released: 2-Nov-2023 1:15 PM EDT
New Coalition for Permanent Standard Time supports healthy choice in clock-change debate
American Academy of Sleep Medicine (AASM)

The American Academy of Sleep Medicine has formed a new Coalition for Permanent Standard Time to advocate for the introduction and adoption of federal legislation making standard time permanent across the U.S.

Released: 1-Nov-2023 6:05 PM EDT
Clinical intervention directed at social risks does not increase experiences of discrimination
University of Chicago Medical Center

New study results from UChicago Medicine suggest well-designed interventions that address social risks can be provided to parents of hospitalized children without increasing self-reported experiences of discrimination.

Newswise: FSU Native American and Indigenous Studies Center to host American Society for Ethnohistory annual conference
Released: 1-Nov-2023 2:05 PM EDT
FSU Native American and Indigenous Studies Center to host American Society for Ethnohistory annual conference
Florida State University

Florida State University and the FSU Native American and Indigenous Studies Center are set to host approximately 200 scholars from around the world this week for the 2023 annual conference of the American Society for Ethnohistory, or ASE.

Released: 1-Nov-2023 12:05 AM EDT
Stress in America 2023: A nation grappling with psychological impacts of collective trauma
American Psychological Association (APA)

U.S. society appears to be experiencing the psychological impacts of a collective trauma in the aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic, according to the results of a new survey by the American Psychological Association. Psychologists warn that a superficial characterization of life being “back to normal” is obscuring the post-traumatic effects on mental and physical health.

Released: 31-Oct-2023 7:05 PM EDT
Domestic violence involving firearms increased in Chicago, Los Angeles and Nashville during pandemic
UC Davis Health

Domestic violence went down or stayed the same during the first 10 months of the COVID-19 pandemic in five major U.S. cities. However, domestic violence involving firearms increased in three of those cities, according to a new UC Davis study published in the Journal of Family Violence.

Released: 31-Oct-2023 12:05 PM EDT
Digitizing books can spur demand for physical copies
Cornell University

Digitization can boost sales of physical books by up to 8% by stimulating demand through online discovery, a research group including Imke Reimers, associate professor at Dyson, has found.

Released: 31-Oct-2023 11:05 AM EDT
Want to prevent misinformation? Present data with an interactive visual.
Lehigh University

Getting readers of a news story interested in numbers can be a challenge. But the benefits of engaging readers in data can lead to a better understanding, preventing misinformation and misrepresentation in the news.

Newswise: Outlook on exercise may curb aging anxiety
Released: 31-Oct-2023 10:05 AM EDT
Outlook on exercise may curb aging anxiety
Iowa State University

A positive attitude about physical activity may be related to lower anxiety about aging. Researchers who analyzed results from a multi-state survey say gender, age, marital status and income affect perspectives on exercise and aging but that reframing messages about both can lead to healthy behaviors.

Newswise: Expert Shares Tips for Holiday Gift Giving on a Budget
Released: 31-Oct-2023 9:30 AM EDT
Expert Shares Tips for Holiday Gift Giving on a Budget
New York Institute of Technology, New York Tech

While it may be too late to shop earlier or set aside money each week, one expert shares tips to create positive gifting experiences on a budget.

   
Released: 30-Oct-2023 12:05 PM EDT
Study of 1,000 selfies helps explain how we use them to communicate
Frontiers

People have used self-portraits to communicate information about themselves for centuries — and digital cameras make it easier to share a self-portrait than ever before. But even though selfies are now almost ubiquitous, we don’t understand how people use them to communicate.

Released: 30-Oct-2023 6:05 AM EDT
Virtual meetings tire people because we're doing them wrong
Aalto University

New research suggests sleepiness during virtual meetings is caused by mental underload and boredom. Earlier studies suggested that fatigue from virtual meetings stems from mental overload, but new research from Aalto University shows that sleepiness during virtual meetings might actually be a result of mental underload and boredom.

Released: 25-Oct-2023 5:05 PM EDT
Zooming in on our brains on Zoom
Yale University

When Yale neuroscientist Joy Hirsch used sophisticated imaging tools to track in real time the brain activity of two people engaged in conversation, she discovered an intricate choreography of neural activity in areas of the brain that govern social interactions.

Released: 25-Oct-2023 5:00 PM EDT
AANA Updates, Publishes Analgesia and Anesthesia Practice Considerations for The Substance Use Disorder Patient
American Association of Nurse Anesthesiology

To help ensure that patients with active substance use disorder, on medication-assisted treatment, or in abstinent recovery continue to receive high-quality, safe pain management and anesthesia care, the American Association of Nurse Anesthesiology (AANA) has published its updated analgesia and anesthesia practice considerations.

Released: 25-Oct-2023 11:05 AM EDT
Amid Cocaine Addiction, the Brain Struggles to Evaluate Which Behaviors Will Be Rewarding
Rutgers University-New Brunswick

Rutgers researchers find long-term users of cocaine may continue with unrewarding behavior because of changes in brain structure and chemistry responsible for generating an important teaching signal.

Newswise: CFRC Releases New Report on Racial and Ethnic Disproportionality in the Illinois Child Welfare System
Released: 25-Oct-2023 10:05 AM EDT
CFRC Releases New Report on Racial and Ethnic Disproportionality in the Illinois Child Welfare System
School of Social Work, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

Racial and ethnic disproportionality in the child welfare system is a pressing concern that affects children in Illinois and across the United States.

Released: 24-Oct-2023 6:05 PM EDT
What an animated taco reveals about curiosity and patience
Duke University

Curiosity paradoxically increases people’s patience for an answer, while simultaneously making them more eager to hear it, finds a new study by Duke neuroscientists.

Released: 23-Oct-2023 5:05 PM EDT
People who communicate more, show expertise are more likely to be seen as essential team members
Carnegie Mellon University

A new study sheds light on the vital role of communication and expertise within organizations, revealing their impact on group performance.

Released: 23-Oct-2023 10:05 AM EDT
New study reveals role of hippocampus in two functions of memory
Cornell University

For the first time, a Cornell University-led study in rats teases apart the role of the hippocampus in two functions of memory – one that remembers associations between time, place and what one did, and another that allows one to predict or plan future actions based on past experiences.

Newswise: Buzz, Elsa or Gru: is there a role for pain and violence in children’s media?
Released: 23-Oct-2023 3:05 AM EDT
Buzz, Elsa or Gru: is there a role for pain and violence in children’s media?
University of South Australia

Whether it’s the antics of Tom and Jerry or a boo-boo on Peppa Pig, pain and violence have long been portrayed in children’s TV and movies. But how suitable is such content in children’s broadcasting?

Newswise: A change in rigidity switches the function of protein condensates involved in sensing touch
Released: 22-Oct-2023 4:05 PM EDT
A change in rigidity switches the function of protein condensates involved in sensing touch
Fundació Institut de Recerca Biomèdica (IRB BARCELONA)

A team of researchers describes in Nature Cell Biology the mechanism by which the MEC-2 protein condensates of the touch receptor neurons transition from fluid to solid-like states, switching their role in the transmission of mechanical forces. These findings pave the way for developing innovative therapies and treatments.

Released: 19-Oct-2023 3:05 PM EDT
For relationship maintenance, accurate perception of partner’s behavior is key
College of Agricultural, Consumer and Environmental Sciences, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

Married couples and long-term romantic partners typically engage in a variety of behaviors that sustain and nourish the relationship. These actions promote higher levels of commitment, which benefits couples’ physical and psychological health. A new study from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign looks at how such relationship maintenance behaviors interact with satisfaction and commitment.

Released: 19-Oct-2023 10:05 AM EDT
Hook-ups where one partner is drunker more likely to be seen as assault
University of Essex

Hook-ups where one partner is drunker than the other are more likely to be seen as assault, researchers at the University of Essex revealed.  

16-Oct-2023 3:05 PM EDT
‘I’d rather not know’: Why we choose ignorance
American Psychological Association (APA)

When given the choice to learn how their actions will affect someone else, 40% of people will choose ignorance, often in order to have an excuse to act selfishly, according to research published by the American Psychological Association.

Released: 18-Oct-2023 8:00 AM EDT
Nationwide Children's Hospital to Expand Mental and Behavioral Health Research
Nationwide Children's Hospital

Nationwide Children's Hospital has created a new Institute for Mental and Behavioral Health Research, significantly expanding opportunities to seek a better understanding of mental and behavioral health in children and to develop better diagnostics, treatment and preventative strategies.

Released: 17-Oct-2023 2:05 PM EDT
Familiarity breeds contempt for moral failings
Cornell University

People judge members of their own circles more harshly than they judge individuals from other groups for the same transgressions, new Cornell research has found.

Released: 16-Oct-2023 6:05 PM EDT
How to tell if your boss is a ‘corporate psychopath’
Anglia Ruskin University

Findings from research to help the business world identify destructive ‘corporate psychopaths’ will be presented at the Chelmsford Science Festival on Monday, 23 October.

   
Newswise: Hillman Grant for Penn Nursing Professor to Study Virtual Reality & Loneliness
Released: 16-Oct-2023 5:00 PM EDT
Hillman Grant for Penn Nursing Professor to Study Virtual Reality & Loneliness
University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing

Penn Nursing, with partners from the Annenberg Virtual Reality ColLABorative and New York University’s Rory Meyers College of Nursing, have been awarded 2023 grant from the Hillman Emergent Innovation: Serious Illness and End of Life program to study the use of social virtual reality (VR) in enhancing the treatment experience and reducing loneliness in people undergoing hemodialysis.

Released: 16-Oct-2023 11:05 AM EDT
Firearm Exposure Associated With Poorer Health in Communities Around the U.S.
Rutgers University-New Brunswick

Gun violence is tied to poverty, unemployment, broken families, disengaged youth and racial segregation, according to a study by the New Jersey Gun Violence Research Center at Rutgers.

13-Oct-2023 7:05 AM EDT
Treatment for Alcohol Use Disorder Improves Quality of Life in Men and Women Aged 60+, Study Finds
Research Society on Alcoholism

Adults aged 60 and older reported better overall health and quality of life after treatment for their alcohol use disorder, according to a new study published in Alcohol: Clinical and Experimental Research.

     
Released: 16-Oct-2023 8:05 AM EDT
In low-income families, shared parental responsiveness helps kids
Ohio State University

When both mothers and fathers in low-income families are responsive to the needs of their children, good things happen, a recent study found. And the good news is that this shared parental responsiveness was found in many families studied.

Newswise: National Poll: Parents of elementary-aged children may engage in more helicopter parenting than they think
11-Oct-2023 9:30 AM EDT
National Poll: Parents of elementary-aged children may engage in more helicopter parenting than they think
Michigan Medicine - University of Michigan

While most parents agree that kids benefit from opportunities to be independent, they may be engaging in more “helicopter parenting” than they realize, suggests a new University of Michigan Health C.S. Mott Children’s Hospital National Poll on Children’s Health.

   
Newswise: NIH study suggests measurement bias in common child behavior assessment tool
Released: 13-Oct-2023 2:55 PM EDT
NIH study suggests measurement bias in common child behavior assessment tool
Environmental influences on Child Health Outcomes Program/NIH

New ECHO research investigates factors that may lead to biases in caregiver-reported measures of childhood behavior.

   
Released: 12-Oct-2023 6:05 PM EDT
Experts warn of risk of civil unrest in UK due to food shortages
University of York

A shortage of popular carbohydrates such as wheat, bread, pasta, and cereal are most likely to trigger civil unrest, say the experts, who work across academia, policy, charities, and business.

Released: 12-Oct-2023 5:05 PM EDT
Hostile sexism linked to less responsive parenting
Society for Personality and Social Psychology

Fathers and mothers who believe that men should hold the power and authority in the family exhibit less responsive parenting behavior, according to a new article in Social Psychological and Personality Science. T

Released: 12-Oct-2023 2:05 PM EDT
Study reveals shyness could impact young children’s performance on language tests
Southern Methodist University

A recent study from SMU psychologist Sarah Kucker and a student she mentored at Oklahoma State University suggests shyness can influence a child’s performance in language assessments, depending on the level of social interaction required to complete the test.



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