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Released: 13-Feb-2024 9:00 AM EST
Determining who gets blamed when cars hit pedestrians
Ohio State University

A new study examines the circumstances behind who is found at fault when cars hit pedestrians in an urban area.

Newswise: Prof. Dr. Chaiyan Chaiyaphorn Awarded National Outstanding Researcher Award 2024 in Political Science and Public Administration with Research Benefitting Society and Politics
Released: 13-Feb-2024 8:55 AM EST
Prof. Dr. Chaiyan Chaiyaphorn Awarded National Outstanding Researcher Award 2024 in Political Science and Public Administration with Research Benefitting Society and Politics
Chulalongkorn University

Prof. Dr. Chaiyan Chaiyaphorn from the Department of Government, Faculty of Political Science, Chulalongkorn University, was recognized by the National Research Council of Thailand (NRCT) with the National Outstanding Researcher Award 2024 in the field of Political Science and Public Administration.

Released: 13-Feb-2024 8:05 AM EST
Tech Layoffs Signal ‘Feeling Economy’ Shift
University of Maryland, Robert H. Smith School of Business

UMD Smith expert explains the wave of tech job layoffs as a sign of a broader, labor market shift to where “humans need to recalibrate and capitalize on strengths beyond pure intelligence—like intuition, empathy, creativity, emotion and people skills.”

     
Newswise: ‘I’m watching you’ behavior produces racial disparities in school discipline
Released: 12-Feb-2024 2:05 PM EST
‘I’m watching you’ behavior produces racial disparities in school discipline
University of Notre Dame

Research from Calvin Zimmermann, the O’Shaughnessy Assistant Professor of Education in the Department of Sociology at the University of Notre Dame, indicates that early childhood teachers often apply discipline disproportionately in their classrooms based on a student’s race.

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Released: 12-Feb-2024 11:05 AM EST
Love is more complex than ‘5 love languages,’ says expert
Virginia Tech

The ‘5 Love Languages’ popularized by Gary Chapman often get brought up when discussing relationships, but this Valentine’s Day one Virginia Tech psychologist suggests taking a different approach to fostering and nurturing high-quality, loving relationships. To understand Louis Hickman’s perspective, it’s important to also understand the love languages.

Released: 11-Feb-2024 9:05 PM EST
Black women in the US murdered six times more often than White women over last 20 years
Columbia University, Mailman School of Public Health

Black women in the U.S were, on average, six times more likely to be murdered than their white peers for the years 1999 through 2020, according to an analysis of racial disparities in U.S. homicide rates released by Columbia University Irving Medical Center and Columbia’s Mailman School of Public Health.

Newswise: Research reveals the key to an irresistible online dating profile
Released: 9-Feb-2024 10:05 AM EST
Research reveals the key to an irresistible online dating profile
University of California, Berkeley Haas School of Business

In writing a good online dating profile, the average love-seeker is likely to fill it up with all the appealing qualities and interests that make them special.

Released: 8-Feb-2024 3:05 PM EST
UAlbany Partners on New U.S. Artificial Intelligence Safety Institute Consortium
University at Albany, State University of New York

The University at Albany has been selected to contribute to a national research consortium that will support and demonstrate pathways to developing safe and trustworthy artificial intelligence.

Released: 8-Feb-2024 3:05 PM EST
How emotions affect word retrieval in people with aphasia
Ohio State University

People with aphasia have more trouble coming up with words they want to use when they’re prompted by images and words that carry negative emotional meaning, new research suggests.

Newswise: Study visually captures a hard truth: Walking home at night is not the same for women
Released: 8-Feb-2024 2:05 PM EST
Study visually captures a hard truth: Walking home at night is not the same for women
Brigham Young University

An eye-catching new study shows just how different the experience of walking home at night is for women versus men.

Released: 8-Feb-2024 2:05 PM EST
Social media can reveal who needs the most help
Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU)

Language use in social media can be a useful tool for social scientists, because it reflects living conditions in areas the posts originate from.

Released: 7-Feb-2024 4:05 PM EST
The Days Blur Together: Study Shows How the COVID-19 Pandemic Affected Perceptions of Time… and Our Mental Well-being
Baylor University

Although time is a set duration of hours, minutes and seconds, the perception of time can vary dramatically based on the individual and especially during times of high stress and uncertainty such as disasters, recessions and most recently the COVID-19 lockdown.

Released: 7-Feb-2024 11:05 AM EST
After prison, perpetrators of genocide say they’ve changed
Ohio State University

After serving decades in prison, Rwandans convicted of crimes of genocide returned to their communities articulating a “narrative of redemption,” saying they were good people, despite their past crimes.

Released: 7-Feb-2024 11:05 AM EST
UC Irvine online criminology master’s program again rated No. 1 in nation
University of California, Irvine

Irvine, Calif., Feb. 7, 2024 — The University of California, Irvine Master of Advanced Study in criminology, law and society has been named the nation’s best online criminal justice master’s program by U.S. News & World Report for the fifth year in a row.

Newswise: Does Your Community Have a Personality Type?
Released: 7-Feb-2024 8:30 AM EST
Does Your Community Have a Personality Type?
Florida Atlantic University

U.S. counties and regions differ in political ideology. But do they differ in personality as well? Further, are people who ‘fit’ their communities healthier, happier, or more highly achieving than those who do not? A new study shows communities are diverse in terms of personality as well as demographics, and having like-minded people in one's community is associated with positive outcomes.

Released: 7-Feb-2024 8:05 AM EST
Study Finds There Are Easy Things We Can Do to Cope With Traumatic Loss
North Carolina State University

A new study finds there are simple activities that help people improve their mood and emotional well-being on a day-to-day basis after the traumatic loss of a loved one.

Released: 7-Feb-2024 1:05 AM EST
Understanding neurodiversity across the UK population - study
University of Birmingham

A new study has provided insight into how experiences and features of neurodiversity vary amongst adults in the UK.

   
Released: 6-Feb-2024 6:05 PM EST
Do digital technologies offer a better way to loan people money?
Oxford University Press

A new paper in the Quarterly Journal of Economics, published by Oxford University Press, finds that a new form of digital technology—essentially preventing people from using an asset for which they have a loan if they don’t make payments, rather than repossessing the asset itself—may be a better way for lenders to secure loans, particularly for loan recipients in developing countries.

Newswise: Household food waste reduced through whole-family food literacy interventionHousehold food waste reduced through whole-family food literacy intervention
Released: 6-Feb-2024 5:05 PM EST
Household food waste reduced through whole-family food literacy interventionHousehold food waste reduced through whole-family food literacy intervention
Elsevier

Food waste is a global issue, with the estimated value of wasted food totaling $230 billion CAD in 2023. In Canada, estimates suggest half of the food wasted occurs at the household level, which roughly equals $1,000 CAD per family per year.

   
Newswise: Study Pinpoints Which Zoom Features Improve Focus—And Which Ones May Not
Released: 6-Feb-2024 4:05 PM EST
Study Pinpoints Which Zoom Features Improve Focus—And Which Ones May Not
New York Institute of Technology, New York Tech

Research from a New York Institute of Technology psychology expert offers insight that could help remote students and workers combat “Zoom fatigue.”

   
Newswise: A new path to recovery: Specialized unit looks to take mental health patients out of the emergency room for better care
Released: 6-Feb-2024 1:05 PM EST
A new path to recovery: Specialized unit looks to take mental health patients out of the emergency room for better care
Atlantic Health System

The EmPATH unit at Overlook Medical Center will put adult behavioral emergency patients into a setting in which they will get the appropriate care more quickly, thereby lessening volumes and wait times in the emergency department, and, ultimately, reducing the need for inpatient hospitalization.

Newswise: How a city is organized can create less-biased citizens
Released: 6-Feb-2024 10:05 AM EST
How a city is organized can create less-biased citizens
Santa Fe Institute

The city you live in could be making you, your family, and your friends more unconsciously racist.

Released: 6-Feb-2024 9:30 AM EST
Study IDs Ways to Better Help Children Experiencing Homelessness
North Carolina State University

A new qualitative study of families experiencing homelessness identifies key barriers limiting children’s access to support programs, such as unrealistic eligibility requirements and a failure to make parents aware of existing programs.

Newswise: Love and Hate in Ancient Times: New Anthology on Magical Texts Published
Released: 5-Feb-2024 10:05 PM EST
Love and Hate in Ancient Times: New Anthology on Magical Texts Published
Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg

A team of scholars spent five years studying them: "magical" texts from Egypt that were written on papyrus, parchment, paper and shards of clay – so-called ostraca – and date from the period between the fourth and twelfth centuries AD.

 
Released: 5-Feb-2024 4:05 PM EST
How ‘deaths of despair’ differ by race and ethnicity
Ohio State University

White Americans are more likely than Black and Hispanic people in the United States to experience “deaths of despair” even though they are less likely to suffer from severe psychological distress, a new study finds.

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Released: 5-Feb-2024 3:05 PM EST
The future of local news is dire
University of Miami

University faculty and students are exploring ways to keep communities informed.

Released: 2-Feb-2024 11:05 AM EST
Speech Accessibility Project begins recruiting people who have had a stroke
Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

The Speech Accessibility Project has begun recruiting U.S. and Puerto Rican adults who have had a stroke.

   
Newswise: Prehistoric mobility among Tibetan farmers, herders shaped highland settlement patterns, cultural interaction, study finds
1-Feb-2024 3:05 PM EST
Prehistoric mobility among Tibetan farmers, herders shaped highland settlement patterns, cultural interaction, study finds
Washington University in St. Louis

New research from Washington University in St. Louis and Sichuan University in China explores how and why ancient communities built social relationships and cultural identities across the extreme terrain in Tibet.

   
Released: 1-Feb-2024 10:05 PM EST
How does the majority population feel about policies for minorities?
University of Konstanz

On the international level, there is broad consensus that it is essential to recognize and implement Indigenous rights as well as to correct inequalities and historical injustices.

 
Released: 1-Feb-2024 9:05 PM EST
Jealousy – we understand our own sex best
Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU)

We may not always fully understand why our partners get jealous, and women and men often get jealous for completely different reasons.

Newswise: Research looks at how experiences at previous jobs motivate start-up operators
Released: 1-Feb-2024 11:00 AM EST
Research looks at how experiences at previous jobs motivate start-up operators
West Virginia University

When people quit their jobs to launch their own companies, the reasons that motivated them to become entrepreneurs can be major predictors of success, according to West Virginia University management scholar Hyeonsuh Lee.

   
Released: 1-Feb-2024 10:05 AM EST
Experts Comment on Aiming for a Romantic Relationship at Any Stage of Life
University of New Hampshire

Valentine’s Day is right around the corner and love is in the air. Will Cupid’s arrow target true love, or will it miss the mark? Cherub or not, experts at the University of New Hampshire share valuable insights into what it takes to build a healthy romantic relationship, in person or online, at any age.

29-Jan-2024 10:00 PM EST
Intersectional Study of Alcohol Treatment Completion Reveals Significantly Greater Disparities for Women of Color Than Examining by Race or Gender Alone
Research Society on Alcoholism

An intersectional study of alcohol treatment completion rates reveals striking disparities for racial and ethnic minoritized women when compared to White men.

     
29-Jan-2024 4:05 PM EST
Socioeconomic insights shift hiring views
American Psychological Association (APA)

Both liberals and conservatives are more likely to believe that merit-based hiring is unfair after learning about the impacts of socioeconomic disparities, according to a study published by the American Psychological Association.

Newswise: ‘Mom Talk:’ Immigrant Bilingual Latina Mothers Have Dual-language Personalities
Released: 1-Feb-2024 8:30 AM EST
‘Mom Talk:’ Immigrant Bilingual Latina Mothers Have Dual-language Personalities
Florida Atlantic University

Do bilingual mothers switch cultures, making them they more Latin-like when speaking Spanish and more European American-like when speaking English? Yes, according to a new study.

 
Released: 31-Jan-2024 10:05 AM EST
The New Rules of Tipping
Tufts University

During the COVID-19 pandemic, many people increased their tips as a nod to the risks taken by front-line service workers; now that the pandemic has eased and prices have risen, it’s sparked a backlash to “tipflation.”

Released: 31-Jan-2024 8:00 AM EST
Looking for love? Try finding purpose as well
Washington University in St. Louis

The world of online dating can be overwhelming with the dizzying array of options for attracting a partner but new research from Washington University in St. Louis shows that those looking for love may have more success if they also seek a sense of purpose in life.

Released: 30-Jan-2024 9:30 PM EST
When Firms Internalize Political Stigma
University of Maryland, Robert H. Smith School of Business

Study shows the 2017 ‘Unite the Right’ rally in Charlottesville stigmatized local employers and prompted a tactical, “pro-diversity” shift in recruiting.

   
Newswise: Emotions drive donation behavior in disease relief projects on a fundraising platform
Released: 30-Jan-2024 5:05 PM EST
Emotions drive donation behavior in disease relief projects on a fundraising platform
Tsinghua University Press

The digital age has profoundly changed how we communicate as humans. Today, we can regularly interact with people we are unrelated to and unacquainted with in real time across the world.

   
Released: 30-Jan-2024 5:05 PM EST
Study suggests secret for getting teens to listen to unsolicited advice
University of California, Riverside

A new study may hold a secret for getting your teenager to listen to appreciate your unsolicited advice.

Released: 30-Jan-2024 12:05 PM EST
UMD-LinkUp AI Maps Transforms AI Job Tracking with Groundbreaking Approach
University of Maryland, Robert H. Smith School of Business

Researchers develop the first AI-powered job mapping tool to track the creation of AI jobs.

   
Released: 30-Jan-2024 10:05 AM EST
After 7 years, alcohol control program still reduces child abuse
Ohio State University

A neighborhood alcohol control project in Sacramento that reduced cases of child abuse and neglect soon after implementation still had a positive impact seven years later, a new study found.

Released: 30-Jan-2024 9:30 AM EST
Understanding differences in nonconformity
University of Georgia

Stand out individuals often capture our attention, especially in the United States. According to a recent University of Georgia study, not all nonconformists are the same.

Released: 29-Jan-2024 1:05 PM EST
From Baby Boomers to Gen Alpha – Is it time to stop talking about generations?
Saarland University

'Millennials don't really want to work. They're far too focused on avocado toast and chai lattes!' Just one of the many clichés expressed by workers over the age of fifty.

   


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