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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.

   
Released: 29-Jan-2024 12:05 PM EST
Overcoming the stigma: study recommends steps to move past barriers of brain health conversation
Regenstrief Institute

Approximately four of five primary care clinicians consider themselves on the front lines of brain health. In the U.S., clinicians are the first point of contact for patients worried about memory loss and are most likely the first to detect and evaluate patients experiencing mild cognitive impairment, Alzheimer’s disease or related dementias.

   
Released: 29-Jan-2024 11:05 AM EST
Study Urges People to Think Twice Before Going on a Diet
North Carolina State University

A new qualitative study highlights the negative interpersonal and psychological consequences associated with “yo-yo dieting,” also known as weight cycling.

Released: 26-Jan-2024 11:05 AM EST
New study on how parents experience their children’s sports injuries
Karlstad University

Stefan Wagnsson, docent in sports science at Karlstad University took a walk with his good friend and colleague Leslie Podlog, professor of sports science at Université de Montreal.

   
22-Jan-2024 10:00 PM EST
Signs of Accelerated Aging Found in Brains of Individuals with Alcohol Use Disorder
Research Society on Alcoholism

The brains and blood of people with a history of excessive drinking show cellular evidence of premature aging.

     
Released: 25-Jan-2024 3:05 PM EST
Young people from poorer families make fewer friends
University of Zurich

A new study has found that children growing up in low-income families have fewer opportunities to make friends and to socially integrate at school.

Released: 25-Jan-2024 12:05 PM EST
How COVID changed the way Americans work, and how much money they have
Oxford University Press

According to a new paper in the Review of Economic Studies, published by Oxford University Press, the widespread adoption of work-from-home technology has had dramatic consequences for American life.

Released: 25-Jan-2024 11:05 AM EST
Bystander support is crucial for tackling anti-social behaviour – new research
University of Bath

Witnesses to anti-social behaviour must speak up to support the lone voices of people who confront it to reduce the risk of such behaviour becoming tolerated in society, according to research from the Universities of Bath, Groningen and Western Australia.

Released: 24-Jan-2024 9:30 AM EST
Women farm owners more apt to binge drink
University of Georgia

A study from the University of Georgia reveals a concerning pattern of binge drinking among women who own or manage farms. The study, which was recently published in the Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, surveyed 987 farmers across the U.S. about their perceived levels of stress and coping behaviors, including alcohol use.

Newswise: Live animal transport regulations not ‘fit for purpose’, major international study finds
23-Jan-2024 5:05 AM EST
Live animal transport regulations not ‘fit for purpose’, major international study finds
University of Bristol

A ‘fitness check’ of regulations in five countries - Australia, Canada, New Zealand, EU (including UK) and US - meant to protect animals during transportation, has deemed that they all fall short of fully protecting animals during transport.

Released: 23-Jan-2024 5:05 PM EST
When some adolescent girls internalize rejection, it really is in their head
University of California, Davis

Everyone ruminates about the bad things that happen to them. Whether it’s a nasty breakup, an embarrassing failure or simply when someone is mean, it can be hard to stop thinking about what happened and why.

   
Newswise: Medical Student with Inflammatory Bowel Disease Is Helping Pediatricians Understand the Power of Thier Words
Released: 23-Jan-2024 2:05 PM EST
Medical Student with Inflammatory Bowel Disease Is Helping Pediatricians Understand the Power of Thier Words
University of North Carolina School of Medicine

Catalina Berenblum Tobi, a 4th-year medical student, and Mara Buchbinder, PhD, professor and vice chair of social medicine at the UNC School of Medicine, recently published research about the words pediatricians use when describing inflammatory bowel disease to patients and how they affect patient perceptions of illness.

Released: 23-Jan-2024 1:05 PM EST
Couples: Caring for oneself can lead to happier relationships – on both sides
Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg

Being more forgiving of your own shortcomings in a romantic relationship can lead to happier couples.

   
Released: 23-Jan-2024 12:05 PM EST
Reflecting on your legacy could make you more philanthropic, new research finds
Society for Personality and Social Psychology

People have a tendency to leave their wealth to family members and other loved ones. However, Andrew Carnegie, a famously wealthy industrialist, once said “I would as soon leave to my son a curse as the almighty dollar.”

Released: 23-Jan-2024 12:05 PM EST
Global Illiberalism Impacts Academic Freedom: New Study
American Sociological Association (ASA)

Findings support conventional views that academic freedom is positively associated with democracy and negatively with state religiosity and militarism.

Released: 23-Jan-2024 12:05 PM EST
79% of Canadians support the therapeutic use of psilocybin for people at the end of life
Université Laval

Nearly 4 out of 5 Canadians believe that the use of psilocybin, the active ingredient in hallucinogenic mushrooms, is an acceptable medical approach to treat existential distress in patients suffering from a serious and incurable disease.

   
Newswise: Predicting and Controlling Bad Actor AI Activity in a Year of Global Elections
Released: 23-Jan-2024 11:05 AM EST
Predicting and Controlling Bad Actor AI Activity in a Year of Global Elections
George Washington University

A new study led by researchers at the George Washington University predicts that daily, bad-actor AI activity is going to escalate by mid-2024.

 
Newswise: Detention Fails to Help Young Lawbreakers Avoid Further Offenses, Report Shows
Released: 23-Jan-2024 7:05 AM EST
Detention Fails to Help Young Lawbreakers Avoid Further Offenses, Report Shows
Association for Psychological Science

Youth who are caught stealing, using illegal drugs, or committing other moderate crimes are far less likely to reoffend when they receive therapy, life-skills training, and other rehabilitative help rather than legal punishment, a growing body of research shows.

Released: 22-Jan-2024 4:05 PM EST
Sexual minority young people in Canada more likely to experience harmful police contact
University of Toronto

While there has been much public scrutiny and research on police interactions and violence towards sexual minorities in the United States, there is a gap in the current literature on how sexual minorities fare with law enforcement contact in Canada.

 
Released: 22-Jan-2024 4:05 PM EST
How the brain responds to reward is linked to socioeconomic background
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)

MIT neuroscientists have found that the brain’s sensitivity to rewarding experiences — a critical factor in motivation and attention — can be shaped by socioeconomic conditions.

   
Released: 22-Jan-2024 2:05 PM EST
MSU expert: What an earlier primary means for Michigan and the 2024 election
Michigan State University

The 2024 presidential election is underway with the first contests being Iowa and New Hampshire. While Iowa holds caucuses, New Hampshire holds an open primary — illustrating that the way states assign their delegates isn’t always the same.

 
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Released: 22-Jan-2024 10:05 AM EST
Experts recommend focusing on digital privacy and wellness in 2024
Virginia Tech

As 2024 gets underway, many people are focused on new year’s resolutions – eat healthier, quit smoking, catch up with family. But what about your online privacy and safety? Virginia Tech information privacy and cybersecurity experts and co-founders of Voices of Privacy, France Bélanger and Donna Wertalik say now is also a good time to make resolutions about protecting your and your loved ones’ information in the digital world.

Newswise: “Development of Elderly’s Technology Intelligence to Strengthen their Security in Income, Health and Living upon New Normal Aging Society” — NRCT Research Award Winner 2024
Released: 22-Jan-2024 8:55 AM EST
“Development of Elderly’s Technology Intelligence to Strengthen their Security in Income, Health and Living upon New Normal Aging Society” — NRCT Research Award Winner 2024
Chulalongkorn University

Thailand’s aging society inevitably leads to a need for those aged 60 and above to adapt to the digital society by learning about technology.

15-Jan-2024 4:05 PM EST
Many Close Relatives of People with Alcohol Use Disorder Experience Similar Cognitive Weaknesses, Manifesting as Social and Emotional Struggles
Research Society on Alcoholism

Many people with a family history of alcohol use disorder (AUD) struggle with certain cognition issues that often accompany AUD itself, even if they don’t themselves drink dangerously, according to a novel study. The findings suggest that these issues may be markers of vulnerability for the condition. A family history of AUD—having one or more first-degree relatives with the disorder—increases the risk of developing it, owing to genetic and environmental factors. Differences in cognitive functioning, especially in executive function (EF) and social cognition (SC), may predispose people to AUD and be amplified by chronic drinking. EF involves mental flexibility, inhibiting responses, and working memory, among other processes. SC facilitates social interactions through theory of mind (understanding others’ mental states), emotion recognition, and empathy. Research on healthy people with a family history of AUD has identified EF and SC differences in their neural networks, though little i

     
Newswise: How does materialism in social media trigger stress and unhappiness?
Released: 19-Jan-2024 1:05 PM EST
How does materialism in social media trigger stress and unhappiness?
Ruhr-Universität Bochum

The researchers headed by Dr. Phillip Ozimek from the Faculty of Psychology at Ruhr University Bochum, Germany, recruited 1,230 people for their online survey.

Released: 19-Jan-2024 1:05 PM EST
Don't wait for an emergency to get the latest emergency medicine news
Newswise

Find the latest research and features on emergency medicine in the Emergency Medicine channel on Newswise.

       
15-Jan-2024 9:30 PM EST
Brief Alcohol Intervention for Heavy Drinkers Led to Safer Drinking Behaviors Among Their Close Social Network Connections, in a Study of First-Year College Students
Research Society on Alcoholism

Following a brief intervention delivered to certain heavy drinkers, alcohol use and risky social ties decreased among those students’ close social connections who were also heavy drinkers, according to a novel study of first-year college students’ alcohol consumption and social networks.

     
Released: 19-Jan-2024 5:05 AM EST
Research reveals alarming extent of gambling-related messages during live ice hockey and basketball coverage
University of Bristol

A new study has exposed for the first time the vast proliferation of gambling marketing during live TV screenings and social media promotion of National Hockey League (NHL) and National Basketball Association (NBA) games in Canada.

18-Jan-2024 10:15 AM EST
Generative AI helps to explain human memory and imagination
University College London

Recent advances in generative AI help to explain how memories enable us to learn about the world, re-live old experiences and construct totally new experiences for imagination and planning, according to a new study by UCL researchers.

     
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Released: 18-Jan-2024 2:05 PM EST
Don’t look back: the aftermath of a distressing event is more memorable than the lead-up, study suggests
Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

A Beckman study led by Paul Bogdan and Florin and Sanda Dolcos suggests the moments that follow a distressing episode are more memorable than the moments leading up to it.

 
Released: 18-Jan-2024 11:05 AM EST
New research sheds light on incel community’s connection to mass violence
University of Rhode Island

Though much has been written in the past decade about “involuntary celibates,” the rise of violent extremism, and their connection to mass violence, empirical research on this community is surprisingly scarce. A new examination authored by URI Professor Miriam Lindner aims to fill this gap.

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Released: 18-Jan-2024 9:30 AM EST
Online Reviews: Filter the Fraud, But Don’t Tell Us How
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI)

When you try a new restaurant or book a hotel, do you consider the online reviews? Do you submit online reviews yourself? Do you pay attention if they are filtered and moderated? Does that impact your own online review submissions?

Newswise: Report: social sciences are ‘secret sauce’ essential for UK innovation
Released: 18-Jan-2024 9:00 AM EST
Report: social sciences are ‘secret sauce’ essential for UK innovation
Digital Science and Research Solutions Ltd

Social sciences are the key ingredients to ensure research and innovation in the UK are fully optimized – that is the finding of a new report by the Academy of Social Sciences (AcSS), which has been co-authored by Digital Science using data from Dimensions.

   
Newswise: Study Examines Substance Use in First Responders During  COVID-19 Pandemic
Released: 18-Jan-2024 8:30 AM EST
Study Examines Substance Use in First Responders During COVID-19 Pandemic
Florida Atlantic University

Little is known about the factors associated with first responder drug and alcohol use during the pandemic. A new study shows that nearly 40 percent of law enforcement personnel, firefighters and emergency medical service providers reported using substances to relieve emotional discomfort during COVID-19.

   
Newswise: Supports help keep Aussie firefighters safe
Released: 16-Jan-2024 3:30 PM EST
Supports help keep Aussie firefighters safe
University of South Australia

New research from health and fitness experts at the University of South Australia shows that professional firefighters have reduced movement quality as they age, which could put them at greater risk of injury.

Newswise: Research reveals possible link between teen personalities, social media preferences and depressive symptoms
Released: 16-Jan-2024 1:00 PM EST
Research reveals possible link between teen personalities, social media preferences and depressive symptoms
West Virginia University

Teens using social media are vulnerable to depressive symptoms and some platforms, like TikTok, Instagram and YouTube, may be linked to higher levels of depression than others, according to West Virginia University research.

Released: 15-Jan-2024 10:05 AM EST
Scientific study shows we are not addicted to mobile phones but to the social interaction they facilitate
University of Granada

A University of Granada (UGR) research team has shown for the first time that we are not “addicted” to mobile phones, but to the social interaction that these electronic devices provide.

   
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Released: 14-Jan-2024 7:05 PM EST
No spokes in these wheels: an intellectual disability fails to deter cyclists
University of South Australia

As Australia gears up for the opening event of the world's premier men's elite road cycling tour, a group of lycra newbies will be celebrating their own success on wheels.



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