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Released: 18-Feb-2021 2:10 PM EST
Youth exposed to natural disasters report low post-traumatic stress
Boston College

A study of over 1,700 U.S. young people exposed to four major hurricanes found that just a few of them reported chronic stress, and the trajectories among most youth reflected recovery or low-decreasing post-traumatic stress (PTS) symptoms, according to research recently published in JAMA Network Open.

Released: 18-Feb-2021 1:35 PM EST
How likely are consumers to adopt artificial intelligence for banking advice?
Wiley

A new study published in Economic Inquiry is the first to assess the willingness of consumers to adopt advisory services in the banking sector that are based on artificial intelligence (AI).

Released: 18-Feb-2021 12:55 PM EST
Study finds no gender discrimination when leaders use confident language
Washington State University

People tend to listen to big talkers, whether they are women or men. Still, more women prefer not to use assertive language, according to a new study led by Washington State University economist Shanthi Manian.

Released: 18-Feb-2021 12:35 PM EST
Climate change concern unaffected by pandemic, study shows
University of Edinburgh

Covid-19 has not made people any less concerned about climate change - despite the pandemic disrupting and dominating many aspects of their lives, a study suggests.

Released: 18-Feb-2021 11:55 AM EST
Higher-income people take more COVID-19 safety precautions
Cornell University

Individuals in a higher income bracket have made the most health-related changes to stay safe during COVID-19, according to a new study co-authored by a Cornell researcher.

Released: 17-Feb-2021 11:20 AM EST
Film Professor Discusses COVID's Effect on Streaming Habits
SUNY Buffalo State University

Nielsen’s Streaming Meter noted that Americans spent 142.5 billion cumulative minutes weekly streaming video in the second quarter of 2020, an increase of nearly 75 percent from the second quarter of 2019. Aaron Daniel “AD” Annas, associate professor and director of Buffalo State College’s television and film arts (TFA) program, talks about this phenomenon and other aspects of streaming services, especially in light of the pandemic.

Released: 16-Feb-2021 11:45 AM EST
Study questions whether pubs can effectively prevent COVID-19 transmission risk
University of Stirling

A new first-of-its-kind study has questioned whether pub operators can effectively and consistently prevent COVID-19 transmission - after researchers observed risks arising in licensed premises last summer.

11-Feb-2021 1:05 PM EST
Answer Quickly to Be Believed
American Psychological Association (APA)

When people pause before replying to a question, even for just a few seconds, their answers are perceived to be less sincere and credible than if they had replied immediately, according to research published by the American Psychological Association.

Released: 15-Feb-2021 1:50 PM EST
Regional variation in the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on data collection
Cornell University

The COVID-19 pandemic has changed human behavior, and that has major consequences for data-gathering citizen-science projects such as eBird, run by the Cornell Lab of Ornithology. Newly published research finds that when human behaviors change, so do the data.

Released: 12-Feb-2021 12:25 PM EST
Study Contradicts Belief That Whales Learn Songs From One Another
University at Buffalo

A new study by a University at Buffalo researcher is directly contradicting the widely accepted cultural transmission hypothesis suggesting that whales learn their songs from other whales.

   
Released: 12-Feb-2021 12:05 PM EST
UTEP Professor’s Study May Lead to Solutions for Overeating
University of Texas at El Paso

The 10-member team made discoveries about a specific area of the brain tied to recollection and the desire to seek and consume food. It could lead to a way to inhibit the desire to overeat.

   
Released: 12-Feb-2021 11:55 AM EST
Lemurs show there's no single formula for lasting love
Duke University

Humans aren't the only mammals that form long-term bonds with a single, special mate -- some bats, wolves, beavers, foxes and other animals do, too. But new research suggests the brain circuitry that makes love last in some species may not be the same in others.

Released: 12-Feb-2021 11:50 AM EST
Citizens versus the internet
Max Planck Institute for Human Development

The Internet has revolutionized our lives - whether in terms of working, finding information or entertainment, connecting with others, or shopping.

   
Released: 12-Feb-2021 11:35 AM EST
Once bitten, twice shy: the neurology of why one bad curry could put us off for life
University of Sussex

A negative experience with food usually leaves us unable to stomach the thought of eating that particular dish again. Using sugar-loving snails as models, researchers at the University of Sussex believe these bad experiences could be causing a switch in our brains, which impacts our future eating habits.

   
Released: 12-Feb-2021 9:00 AM EST
The Scarred Villain: Study Explores Neurocognitive Basis of Bias Against People Who Look Different
Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania

A new brain-and-behavior study from researchers in the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania clarifies how the “anomalous-is-bad” stereotype manifests, and implicates a brain region called the amygdala as one of the likely mediators of this stereotype.

Released: 11-Feb-2021 4:10 PM EST
Learn what you live? Study finds watching others can reduce decision bias
Indiana University

New research finds first evidence that watching and learning from others can help reduce bias and improve decision-making. In business, the results could help improve hiring practices or increase cost savings.

Released: 11-Feb-2021 3:05 PM EST
How we sleep and experience psychological symptoms during pandemic
Universite Libre de Bruxelles

During the first confinement (18 March to 10 May 2020), people who reported worse sleep quality during a night also reported an increase in negative mood, psychotic-type like experiences and somatic complaints on the next day.

Released: 11-Feb-2021 2:40 PM EST
How do our memories take shape?
Dartmouth College

Your brain is constantly evaluating which aspects of your experiences to either remember for later, ignore, or forget.

   
Released: 11-Feb-2021 2:20 PM EST
Which conspiracy theory do you believe in?
Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU)

Joe Biden is the new president of the United States, although half of the country's Republicans believe he stole the election.

Released: 11-Feb-2021 1:55 PM EST
Learning by observation reduces cognitive bias, research suggests
City University London

Research from the Business School (formerly Cass) suggests that observing others' decision-making can teach people to make better decisions themselves.

Released: 11-Feb-2021 1:30 PM EST
Want to hire more women? Expand your short list
Cornell University

As more male-dominated industries look for ways to hire women, new Cornell University research offers employers a simple solution – make your initial job candidate short list longer.

Released: 11-Feb-2021 12:35 PM EST
Smartphone app to change your personality
University of Zurich

Personality traits such as conscientiousness or sociability are patterns of experience and behavior that can change throughout our lives.

Released: 11-Feb-2021 12:25 PM EST
LGBT+ workers experience higher levels of conflict at work, shows new report
University of Bath

The CIPD is today launching a new research report, co-authored by the University of Bath's Dr Luke Fletcher, to highlight how LGBT+ workers tend to have a more negative experience of work.

Released: 11-Feb-2021 11:05 AM EST
Spanking has similar effects on kids as adverse childhood experiences
University of Michigan

Research has shown that adverse childhood experiences including abuse, neglect and family dysfunction increase the risk on kids for future trauma in their lives.

Released: 10-Feb-2021 5:50 PM EST
Virtual reality helping to treat fear of heights
University of Basel

Researchers from the University of Basel have developed a virtual reality app for smartphones to reduce fear of heights.

   
Released: 9-Feb-2021 3:45 PM EST
10-year study shows elevated suicide risk from excess social media time for teen girls
Brigham Young University

As teens' use of social media has grown over the past decade, so too has the suicide rate among younger people, with suicide now being the second leading cause of death among those ages 10 to 34.

Released: 9-Feb-2021 3:40 PM EST
Environmentally friendly behavior is easy -- tourists just need a 'nudge'
Frontiers

A new study in Frontiers in Communication has demonstrated the powerful impact that subtle messaging and cues, or 'nudges', can provide on encouraging people to show socially desirable behaviors.

   
Released: 9-Feb-2021 11:35 AM EST
The power of groupthink: Study shows why ideas spread in social networks
University of California, Berkeley Haas School of Business

New research co-authored by Berkeley Haas Asst. Prof. Douglas Guilbeault shows that large groups of people all tend to think alike, and also illustrates how easily people’s opinions can be swayed by social media—even by artificial users known as bots.

   
Released: 9-Feb-2021 11:30 AM EST
Women are more likely to work under, and violate, pay secrecy policies
Washington University in St. Louis

It has been more than half a century since the landmark Equal Pay Act passed, yet the gender pay gap still exists. On average, women make 18% less than their male counterparts. Lack of transparency in pay contributes to the disparity, according to a Washington University in St. Louis sociologist.

Released: 9-Feb-2021 10:20 AM EST
Training to Wisely Navigate Social Conflicts
Association for Psychological Science

People are able to approach social conflicts more wisely if they have trained themselves in advance by practicing a distanced self-talk technique, referring to themselves with third-person pronouns such as “she” or “they” rather than the first-person pronouns of “me” or “I.”

Released: 9-Feb-2021 8:30 AM EST
Mean or Nice? These Traits Could Make or Break a Child’s Friendships
Florida Atlantic University

While it’s logical to assume that children who are mean have friendships characterized by growing strife and that children who are nice report little of the same, these assumptions haven’t been tested in the real-world friendships. A study of elementary-school children is the first to examine the extent to which being “nice” and being “mean” shape changes in friend perceptions of their relationship. Results confirm the widespread assumption that one child’s behavioral traits drive the other child’s friendship experiences.

Released: 8-Feb-2021 6:25 PM EST
Companion Animals Play a Role in Teleworking Experience During Covid
Canisius University

Millions of Americans are working remotely due to Covid-19. Research by anthrozoologist Christy Hoffman, PhD, shows companion animals play a role in this new teleworking experience.

Released: 8-Feb-2021 1:05 PM EST
Reducing biases about autism may increase social inclusion
University of Texas at Dallas

Efforts to improve the social success of autistic adolescents and adults have often focused on teaching them ways to think and behave more like their non-autistic peers and to hide the characteristics that define them as autistic.

   
Released: 8-Feb-2021 8:45 AM EST
Marmoset monkeys have personalities too
University of Vienna

In humans, differences in personalities have been evident since the ancient times. Personality in animals has long been ignored, but recently this question has received increasing research interest as it has been realized that personality has evolutionary and ecological significance. An international team of behavioral biologists from Austria, Brazil and the Netherlands, with Vedrana Šlipogor from the University of Vienna as leading author of the study, designed a set of tasks to assess personality of common marmosets.

Released: 5-Feb-2021 4:35 PM EST
The truth, or fake news? How to do the research yourself with deception expert Tim Levine
University of Alabama at Birmingham

The world has many different information streams now. Levine shares his strategy for deciphering facts from fiction, no matter the topic.

Released: 5-Feb-2021 4:25 PM EST
No more material world? Post-pandemic consumerism can expect a seismic shift
Michigan Technological University

For many people in the world today, life is now divided clearly into two eras: before and after COVID-19. This epochal demarcation will shift how people buy and consume goods.

Released: 5-Feb-2021 4:20 PM EST
U.S. Air Force Academy intervention reduces unwanted sexual contact by over 40 percent
George Mason University

Sexual assault and sexual harassment are significant problems in the U.S. military and military service academies in the United States.

   
Released: 5-Feb-2021 1:55 PM EST
What Can We Learn About Nurturing SEL In and Out of School?
Wallace Foundation

Interest in social and emotional learning outpaces evidence on how to cultivate it. A new study helps narrow the gap.

Released: 4-Feb-2021 3:45 PM EST
A personal benefit of social distancing: lower odds of getting COVID-19
Ohio State University

Considering the greater good by social distancing during a pandemic turns out to have an attractive personal benefit: A new study has found that staying away from others also reduces an individual person’s chances of contracting COVID-19.

   
Released: 4-Feb-2021 2:50 PM EST
States with More Gun Laws Have Lower Youth Gun Violence, Rutgers Study Finds
Rutgers University-New Brunswick

Gun violence among children is lower in states with more gun laws, according to a Rutgers-led study.

     
Released: 4-Feb-2021 1:05 PM EST
Time management can work but in unexpected ways, according to new research
Concordia University

If you have a second, try typing "time management" into your favourite search engine.

Released: 3-Feb-2021 12:35 PM EST
The quick choice might be a choice-overload avoidance strategy
University at Buffalo

Making a choice quickly might appear effortless, but University at Buffalo research that measured cardiovascular responses in the moment of making a choice, rather than after-the-fact, suggests that the apparent swift certainty might instead be a defense from having to think too deeply about the choices being presented to them.

2-Feb-2021 12:50 PM EST
Personalized Screening to Identify Teens with High Suicide Risk
Michigan Medicine - University of Michigan

Researchers have developed a personalized system to accurately detect suicidal youths.

   
Released: 3-Feb-2021 9:00 AM EST
People Blame a Vehicle’s Automated System More Than Its Driver When Accidents Happen
Society for Risk Analysis (SRA)

A new study in the journal Risk Analysis found that people are more likely to blame a vehicle’s automation system and its manufacturer than its human driver when a crash occurs.

Released: 3-Feb-2021 8:05 AM EST
In Ethiopia, Mother’s Wealth More Protective Against Child Marriage Than Father’s
Rutgers University-New Brunswick

For a girl in Ethiopia, her mother’s wealth can protect her from becoming a child bride – but if a father prefers child marriage, his own wealth may increase the likelihood that she will be married before 18, according to a Rutgers University-New Brunswick study.

Released: 2-Feb-2021 8:30 AM EST
Study Aims to Break the Chains of Incarceration in African American Males
Florida Atlantic University

The majority of African American men return to prison within one to three years of their first release. A study explores why re-entry programs are not as effective for them when compared to others. Researchers suggest a holistic approach that addresses psychological and historical trauma in conjunction with the environmental factors that perpetuate the stigma justice-involved African American men experience. The approach accounts for negative associations developed in the centuries of oppression and segregation that shape their current societal interactions.

Released: 2-Feb-2021 7:00 AM EST
Independent Academic Study: Remote Proctoring Prevents Cheating
Meazure Learning

ProctorU highlights a recent study from Radford University showing remote proctoring of exams reduces cheating.

Released: 1-Feb-2021 4:35 PM EST
UK life expectancy declining after financial crisis
Newcastle University

Increases in life expectancy in the UK and elsewhere had slowed even before 2016 - and COVID-19 is expected to further eliminate any gains, Newcastle University studies show.

   
Released: 1-Feb-2021 4:05 PM EST
Use of Pronouns May Show Signs of an Impending Breakup
University of Texas at Austin (UT Austin)

Evidence of an impending breakup may exist in the small words used in everyday conversations months before either partner realizes where their relationship is heading, according to new psychology research.



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