Awareness raising alone is not enough
Nature conservation policy too rarely succeeds in changing people's behaviourCredit: André Künzelmann/UFZ It is a well-known problem: too rarely do ...
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University of Utah engineers to design and test real-time air pollution warning system for school, hospital parking lotsCredit: Dan Hixson/University ...
People with less body response to stress task had more PTSD signs after COVID-19 began
Study findings surprised researchers, who had expected the reverse, Baylor University researcher saysCredit: Baylor University People who did not have ...
Only the nose knows: New international network explores how odors lead to actions
Credit: Glenn Asakawa, CU Boulder The University of Colorado Boulder will lead a groundbreaking new international research network dubbed Odor2Action ...
Women with higher neuroticism are less physically active
Personality traits help to understand why some people are physically active and others are notCredit: University of Jyväskylä Personality traits ...
Which OCD treatment works best? New brain study could lead to more personalized choices
Key differences seen in brains of patients who responded to exposure-based therapy or stress-reduction therapy; new study seeks children and ...
Older adults’s faced mental health issues during the pandemic
IU research shows seniors felt greater depression and loneliness during the COVID-19 pandemicCredit: Indiana University Older adults experienced greater depression ...
Social distancing is instinctive but hard for humans and animals
Avoiding infectious disease is a protective instinct in humans and animals but the instinct to socialize often wins the dayCredit: ...
UMBC study reveals gender bias in bird song research and impact of women on science
Female bird song research led disproportionately by women over the last 20 years has fundamentally changed scientists' understanding of avian ...
Effectiveness of cloth masks depends on type of covering
Credit: Padmanabha Prasanna Simha, Indian Space Research Organisation WASHINGTON, August 25, 2020 -- Months into the COVID-19 pandemic, wearing a ...
Beam me up: Researchers use ‘behavioral teleporting’ to study social interactions
NYU Tandon professor Maurizio Porfiri 'teleports' behavior of live zebrafish from one tank to another in real time, allowing researchers ...
Social media information can predict a wide range of personality traits and attributes
Findings could bring new technologies to mental health diagnostics and personalized nudgesCredit: National Institute of Information and Communications Technology (NICT) ...
Elevated “hunger” hormone leaves trauma-exposed teens at higher risk for PTSD
Credit: JoCol Burgess Chronic stress increases a blood-based hormone called acyl-ghrelin for years after the initial traumatic stressor exposure in ...
Why obeying orders can make us do terrible things
New brain study shows how obeying orders can dull our empathyCredit: Dr. Emilie Caspar War atrocities are sometimes committed by ...
IUPUI study looks at prevention strategy for substance use disorder
Credit: Indiana University There are well documented risk factors associated with developing substance use disorder across all age groups. A ...
Quick fixes won’t stop sexual harassment in academia, experts say
Credit: Photo by Fred Zwicky CHAMPAIGN, Ill. -- While many academic institutions are searching for ways to prevent sexual assault ...
Older adults with existing depression show resilience during the pandemic
A multi-site study finds that seniors are more concerned with being infected with COVID-19 than the effects of social isolationCredit: ...
Study shows how a single gene drives aggression in wild songbird
A rare look at how genomic divergence can lead to behavioral divergence in a vertebrateCredit: Photo by Jennifer Merritt A ...
How the brain’s internal states affect decision-making
Credit: Carnegie Mellon University College of Engineering Biomedical Engineering's Matthew Smith and Byron Yu, along with former Ph.D. student Ben ...
Pregnant mother’s immunity tied to behavioral, emotional challenges for kids with autism
UC Davis Health study finds that male offspring are at higher risk to maternal immunity activationCredit: UC Regent Children with ...