Hey Google, are my housemates using my smart speaker?
UBC research shows more needs to be done to alleviate user concerns about privacy and securityCredit: University of British Columbia ...
Tag: Behavior
Study examines genetic testing in diverse young breast cancer patients over a decade
Nurse researcher collaborates on racial/ethnic differences study in genetic testing frequency and resultsCredit: Florida Atlantic University Breast cancer patients diagnosed ...
Research leads to life changing improvement for some people living with depression
UCalgary deep brain stimulation study targets people with treatment-resistant depressionCredit: Photo by Kelly Johnston, Cumming School of Medicine. Beth MacKay ...
A brain link to STI/HIV sexual risk
Young women with low condom use during sex find visual sexual cues less pleasant and less evocativeCredit: Penn Nursing PHILADELPHIA ...
Research shows the sexes have equal spatial cognition skills
Men and women approach the task differently but get the same resultCredit: Diarmuid Greene, TrueMedia Men are not better than ...
The ‘place’ of emotions
A study of the IMT School Studies Lucca describes how affective states are mapped in the brainCredit: Luca Cecchetti, IMT ...
Plane travel destroys polar bear habitat
Arctic researchers want you to know that each metric ton of CO2 causes a loss of 3 m2 of September ...
The easy route the easy way: New chip calculates the shortest distance in an instant
Scientists have developed the world's first fully coupled AI chip that can solve the traveling salesman problem for 22 cities ...
New survey results reveal the experts and public’s attitude towards gene-edited crops
Credit: Photo by Hisashi Urashima Experts' interest in utilizing gene editing for the breeding crops has seen revolutionary growth. Meanwhile, ...
Male fertility after chemotherapy: New questions raised
A pilot study conducted by Canadian researchers highlights the effect of chemotherapy on male fertility before and after pubertyCredit: Géraldine ...
Organized cybercrime — not your average mafia
Credit: Photo by Mika Baumeister on Unsplash EAST LANSING, Mich. - Does the common stereotype for "organized crime" hold up ...
Local activism can’t be crushed, research finds. At most, it changes target
New research by Fabrizio Perretti and Alessandro Piazza in the Strategic Management Journal finds that when community activists reach their ...
Study contests use of smoked cannabis in treatment of cocaine addiction
Researchers in Brazil evaluated cocaine and crack addicts undergoing rehabilitation for six months and observed a higher relapse rate and ...
It’s 2020: Time to teach teens ‘safe’ sexting
Credit: Florida Atlantic University Preaching sexual abstinence to youth was popular for a number of decades, but research repeatedly found ...
More federal funding needed to increase Americans’ active transportation habits
Credit: Photo by Ryan Young for Virginia Tech. The federal government has allocated only about 2 percent of its transportation ...
Calculated surprise leads to groundbreaking discovery in cognitive control research
Researchers discover dorsal anterior cingulate cortex activity during motivated control reflects the calculation of surpriseCredit: Florida Atlantic University Humans control ...
Ben-Gurion University to present sex therapist Dr. Ruth Westheimer with honorary degree
Dr. Ruth will establish psychology scholarship for research and academia at Ben-Gurion UniversityCredit: American Associates, Ben-Gurion University NEW YORK...January 13, ...
‘Gift of life’ marketing fails to motivate many donors
Blood and organ donors are thin on the ground but maybe better marketing could help: QUT researchersCredit: Image by Sabin ...
Lonely in a crowd: Overcoming loneliness with acceptance and wisdom
Study looked at characteristics of loneliness in a senior housing community and the strategies residents used to overcome itCredit: Erik ...
Parents aren’t powerless when it comes to sleep-deprived teenagers
Credit: University of Rochester illustration / Michael Osadciw Teenagers in the US simply don't get enough shut eye. The consequences ...