Tag: Social/Behavioral Science

Strategies for growing biomass for fuel can have economic, ecological and environmental benefitsCredit: George Furey/UMN In efforts to curb our ...

Credit: NIMHD Health disparities have persisted, despite extensive research and a decades-long mandate to eliminate them. Thus, the National Institute ...

Credit: Craig Chandler, University of Nebraska-Lincoln You've just exercised for an hour, tracking the burned calories with a sense of ...

Autonomous vehicles 'have every incentive to create havoc,' transportation planner saysCredit: UC Santa Cruz If you think traffic in city ...

BEER-SHEVA, Israel...January 31, 2019 - In a new study of patients with autism who are 18 years old and under, ...

A Worcester Polytechnic Institute computer science professor has received $1 million from the National Science Foundation to use computer science ...

Credit: Toews et al Both the study's idea and its outcomes were straightforward: Organize a short houseplant-potting workshop for incarcerated ...

Longitudinal data from adolescents and young adults show no evidence that social media use predicts later depressive symptoms, according to ...

Credit: Vilma Lehtovaara Many non-vegan vegetarians and omnivores are open to including insects in their diet. For vegans, however, that ...

Credit: University of Texas at Austin In the latest evidence that it's worth sticking to your health-focused New Year's resolutions, ...

Spending time with people who are not preoccupied with their bodies can improve your own eating habits and body image, ...

Scientists at Karolinska Institutet in Sweden have experimented with a new adaptive treatment strategy for Internet-delivered cognitive behavioural therapy (ICBT) ...

A new research study says, yes, but it's not that simple Key Takeaways: Peer dynamics can help or hinder individual ...

Credit: Champaign-Urbana Mass Transit District (MTD). (Used with permission) Public transportation systems provide numerous economic benefits for a community. An ...