Investigating the full spectrum of suicide
New self-injury mortality study allows closer look at trends in suicide and drug overdose deathsCredit: McLean Hospital A recent study ...
Tag: Social/Behavioral Science
Peeping into the black box of AI to discover how collective behaviors emerge
Credit: Gil Costa How do the stunningly intricate patterns created by schools of fish emerge? For many scientists, this question ...
Targeting deeply held values crucial for inspiring pro-environmental behavior
Credit: Carena van Riper, University of Illinois URBANA, Ill. - Given the alarming pace of climate change, it is increasingly ...
Dictators’ love-hate relationship with digital communication technology
Credit: University of Konstanz Modern protest movements, from the Arab Spring to Fridays for Future to the current protests in ...
CDC funds University of Maryland initiative to address LGBTQ mental health
UMD Prevention Research Center is the only 1 nationwide focused on eliminating LGBTQ+ mental health disparitiesCredit: Lisa Helfert The University ...
Scientists find gender-distinct circuit for depression
Credit: MSU EAST LANSING, Mich. - Depression affects women nearly twice as much as men, but unraveling the brain's blueprint ...
CDC designates UMass Amherst a flu forecasting Center of Excellence
Biostatistician awarded grant to develop innovative, collaborative modelsCredit: UMass Amherst A University of Massachusetts Amherst biostatistician will receive up to ...
McLean Hospital received federal funding to help tackle national opioid crisis
NIH funds nearly $1 billion in opioid-related research through NIH HEAL InitiativeCredit: McLean Hospital As part of its efforts to ...
Navigating ‘Neuralville’: Virtual town helps map brain functions
How cortical scene-selective regions are specializedCredit: Andrew Persichetti Psychologists at Emory University have found that the human brain uses three ...
Tension around autonomy increases family conflict at end of life
MU researcher says communication, support and self-care are critical for caregivers to reduce distressCredit: University of Missouri COLUMBIA, Mo. - ...
Living a long chimpanzee life
Report on the life expectancy of captive chimpanzees in JapanCredit: Kyoto University Kyoto, Japan -- We humans may consider a ...
Addictive de-vices: How we can unplug from this 21st century epidemic
Credit: Helena Lopes We spend our days looking at them, talking to them, and touching them. They increasingly consume our ...
Brain disease or mental illness? New book explores historical rift between neurology and psychiatry
UMass Amherst mathematician, acclaimed Harvard neurologist co-author second bookCredit: Brian David Burrell University of Massachusetts Amherst mathematician and science writer ...
Smartphone typing speeds catching up with keyboards
A study of over 37,000 users shows that the 'typing gap', the difference typing speeds between mobile devices and physical ...
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