Feature Channels: Behavioral Science

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University of Utah biologists discover that multiple species of Myrmelachista ants have independently evolved the same specialized relationship with understory trees of Neotropical rainforests.

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New sociological research looks into how and why people sometimes avoid strong ties when facing personal issues. Authors find avoidance is not rare. It is neither limited to specific intimates, nor limited to specific topics. Isolation might be less a matter of having no intimates than of having repeatedly to avoid them.

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Researchers have developed the Interactive Relation Embedding Network (IRE-Net), an AI system that can detect contactless human interactions in crowded settings, enhancing tools for public safety and social behavior analysis.

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Workplace bullying against women in Pakistan is driving emotional exhaustion and job dissatisfaction among female workers, new research reveals.

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Now, Georgia Tech researchers in Associate Professor Dobromir Rahnev’s lab are training them to make decisions more like humans. This science of human decision-making is only just being applied to machine learning, but developing a neural network even closer to the actual human brain may make it more reliable, according to the researchers.

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July 15 marks Social Media Day, celebrating the profound impact social media has had on global communication and human interaction.

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A new study from the NIH Environmental influences on Child Health Outcomes Program (ECHO) sheds light on how a neighborhood’s physical and social environment influenced a child’s well-being before and during the pandemic.

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Climate-friendly choices sometimes require lifestyle adjustments and personal sacrifices, but consumers can be reluctant to embrace these types of changes.