Social/Behavioral Science

Credit: (c) 2019 Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers New Rochelle, NY, June 18, 2019--Contrary to current industry trends to develop more immersive virtual reality systems, a new study found that a more immersive environment or the…
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Credit: Nathan Seltzer MADISON - As the Great Recession wiped out nearly 9 million jobs and 19 trillion dollars in wealth from U.S. households, American families experienced another steep decline -- they had fewer children.…
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Credit: Lucy Taylor New research publishing June 18 in the open-access journal, PLOS Biology, led by Dr Lucy Taylor from the University of Oxford's Department of Zoology now reveals that homing pigeons fit in one extra wingbeat per…
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PULLMAN, WA-- College students who viewed alcohol advertisements that included objectified images of women were less likely than others to report intentions to intervene in alcohol-facilitated sexual assault situations in a study…
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Antidepressant treatment, not only depression per se, can lead to reductions in behavioral and neural responses to pain empathy Depression is a disorder that often comes along with strong impairments of social functioning. Until recently,…
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New titles will meet growing demand for gold open access, and build on the Current Opinion legacy of editorial excellence, high-impact and global reachCredit: Elsevier Amsterdam, June 18, 2019 - Elsevier, the information analytics…
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A new study in the Faculty of Public Health's Journal of Public Health finds that tobacco and alcohol usage are extremely common in British reality television shows. The researchers measured depictions of alcohol and tobacco products…
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Credit: (c) 2019 Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers New Rochelle, NY, June 17, 2019--A new study has shown that patients are significantly more likely to correctly identify male physicians and female nurses, demonstrating…
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Çatalhöyük had overcrowding, violence, environmental troublesCredit: Scott Haddow COLUMBUS, Ohio - Some 9,000 years ago, residents of one of the world's first large farming communities were also among the first humans to…
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For health professionals, posting a single negative comment to their Facebook profiles may hinder their credibility with current or potential clients, a new University of Guelph study reveals. People increasingly use social media to…
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African-American menthol smokers are 12% less likely to quitCredit: University at Buffalo BUFFALO, N.Y. -- For decades, Big Tobacco has sold African American smokers on menthol-flavored cigarettes through targeted marketing campaigns.…
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Density of dispensaries also linked to more-positive views Young adults who live in neighborhoods with more medical marijuana dispensaries use marijuana more frequently than their peers and have more-positive views about the drug,…
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Researchers at UNIGE have discovered that the development of the hippocampus, the area of the brain responsible for memory and emotions, is severely impacted in adolescence following the onset of the first psychotic symptoms.Credit: © UNIGE…
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Credit: Koji Lum BINGHAMTON, N.Y. -- Citizens from the island of Aneityum in the Republic of Vanuatu are working with faculty from Binghamton University, State University of New York to test their true value as humans. Yu Chen,…
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