Emotion-detection applications built on outdated science, report warns
Facial movements are unreliable signals of emotion, researchers say Software that purportedly reads emotions in faces is being deployed or ...
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Marijuana use may not make parents more ‘chill’
Pot linked to more use of all kinds of discipline COLUMBUS, Ohio - Sorry, marijuana moms and dads: Using pot ...
Seeing greenery linked to less intense and frequent cravings
Credit: University of Plymouth Being able to see green spaces from your home is associated with reduced cravings for alcohol, ...
Between 16 and 18% of preadolescents have ideas of suicide
Depressive symptoms, anxiety and compulsive obsessive disorder are the main risk factors, according to a study by Universitat Rovira i ...
How you and your friends can play a video game together using only your minds
Credit: Mark Stone/University of Washington Telepathic communication might be one step closer to reality thanks to new research from the ...
Peer support reduces carer burden
Credit: Wellways Australia In a world first, La Trobe University research has shown how peer-led support programs for family and ...
Women vs. men — Tactical efficiency in football
UEFA promotes study on gender differences in European football with first time usage of position data.Credit: DSHS (German Sport University ...
National trash: Reducing waste produced in US national parks
Credit: Zach Miller/Utah State University When you think of national parks, you might picture the vast plateaus of the Grand ...
Fake news ‘vaccine’ works: ‘Pre-bunking’ game reduces susceptibility to disinformation
Credit: DROG An online game in which people play the role of propaganda producers to help them identify real world ...
U of Guelph study finds health professionals need to be cautious on social media
For health professionals, posting a single negative comment to their Facebook profiles may hinder their credibility with current or potential ...
IDIBELL-researchers negatively correlate a neuropeptide with executive functions
The researchers emphasize the potential role of this orexin in the global understanding of eating disorders and associated cognitive processesCredit: ...
Dementia and the ethics of choosing when to die
New Hastings Center project addresses foundational questions about end-of-life choices for people with dementia As the American population ages and ...
AMA honors research on how mindfulness helps consumers decision making
The Journal of Public Policy & Marketing is pleased to honor the 2019 Thomas C. Kinnear Award to "Mindfulness: Its ...
Early-life challenges affect how children focus, face the day
Adversity early in life tends to affect a child's executive function skills -- their ability to focus, for example, or ...