How does eye position affect ‘cocktail party’ listening?
Eye position has a modest but measurable impact on speech intelligibility within a cocktail party setting.Credit: Virginia Best MELVILLE, N.Y., ...
Tag: Social/Behavioral Science
Seeing the values behind the numbers
In a new book, "Data Action," Associate Professor Sarah Williams issues a call for thinking ethically about data today.Credit: Photo: ...
New study findings: militarizing local police does not reduce crime
Credit: Anna Gunderson, LSU New research shows that the militarization of local law enforcement through weapons, armored vehicles, combat attire, ...
Air pollution spikes linked to lower test scores for Salt Lake County third graders
Credit: Mullen at al. (2020) Int. Journal of Enviro Res and Public Health Fine particulate matter (PM2.5), the tiny particles ...
Unexpected similarity between honey bee and human social life
Credit: Tim Gernat, University of Illinois Bees and humans are about as different organisms as one can imagine. Yet despite ...
Young people feel let down by politicians and media stereotypes, says new research
Credit: University of Huddersfield Decision-makers are failing to harness young people's potential to help shape pandemic responses, according to a ...
Why spending a long time on your phone isn’t bad for mental health
Credit: Lancaster University General smartphone usage is a poor predictor of anxiety, depression or stress say researchers, who advise caution ...
IVI, ROK’s GDEF join forces to provide OCV to 540K people at risk of cholera in Nepal & Mozambique
GDEF's US $8.05 million grant to support ECHO projects to prevent and control cholera and contribute to 'Ending Cholera--A Global ...
The smell of cooperation
Research team with the University of Göttingen finds effect of odour on helpfulness in ratsCredit: Manon Schweinfurth Despite their reputation, ...
Everyday activities enhance personal well-being
Neurobiological mechanisms studied: new findings on the relationship between physical activity and everyday well-being - publication in Science AdvancesCredit: Markus ...
Study: Countering hate on social media
Credit: Garland et al, EMNLP 2020 The rise of online hate speech is a disturbing, growing trend in countries around ...
Lovestruck by oxytocin! Novel roles of the hormone in controlling male sexual function
Researchers from Okayama University in Japan decode the mechanisms behind oxytocin controlled male sexual functions and behaviorsCredit: 2020 Okayama University ...
Like fire and ice: Why societies are increasingly fragmenting
The phenomenal increase in social contacts leads inevitably to a filter bubble society and thus becomes a danger to democracy ...
In a pandemic, migration away from dense cities more effective than closing borders
A simulation shows reducing population density in large cities decreases disease spreadCredit: Image courtesy of Massimiliano Zanin WASHINGTON, November 17, ...
Massive dataset reveals which governments have best responded to COVID-19 pandemic
Researchers study the ability of democracies to react to global crisisThe PPI measures public health government responses to COVID-19 at ...
Survey: Americans likely to attend large holiday gatherings despite COVID-19
Nearly two in five report they will likely attend a gathering with more than 10 people and a third will ...
Dopamine surge reveals how even for mice, ‘there’s no place like home’
Study demonstrates how 'coming home' produces a signal of comfort in miceCredit: Florida Atlantic University By monitoring a well-replicated biomarker ...
5 mistakes people make when sharing COVID-19 data visualizations on Twitter
Analysis finds common errors in pandemic information sharing on social mediaCredit: Image courtesy Francesco Cafaro, Indiana University INDIANAPOLIS -- The ...
Lev Manovich’s ‘Cultural Analytics’ is leading the way to understanding digital culture
New book looks at intersection of data science & media studies, presenting concepts and methods for computational analysis of cultural ...
Game ‘pre-bunks’ political misinformation by letting players undermine democracy
Credit: Gusmanson A short online game in which players are recruited as a "Chief Disinformation Officer", using tactics such as ...