Wildlife conservation undermines the rights of indigenous people in India
A new EJAtlas map launched by the ICTA-UAB denounces that the current model puts growth and gains before human lives ...
Tag: Social/Behavioral Science
Coastal flooding will disproportionately impact 31 million people globally
Study is first to assess the impact of climate change on the global population of river deltasCredit: Photo by Eduardo ...
University of Ottawa study finds self-harm may be socially contagious among adolescents
Credit: University of Ottawa A new study led by University of Ottawa epidemiologist Dr. Ian Colman suggests non-suicidal self-injury--behaviours like ...
Clarigent Health launches Clairity to support mental health risk reduction
Clairity supports clinical decisions and care with AI analysis of patient speech, treatment progress trends, and risk radar across patient ...
Why writing by hand makes kids smarter
Writing by hand creates much more activity in the sensorimotor parts of the brain, researchers found.Credit: NTNU/Microsoft Professor Audrey van ...
‘Social cells’ related to social behavior identified in the brain
Credit: © 2020 Miura et al. A research team led by Professor TAKUMI Toru of Kobe University's Graduate School of ...
The development of climate security discourse in Japan
Why are there no discourse in Japan on climate security? Is Japan failing to notice significant risks of climate change?Credit: ...
Buying emergency contraception is legal but not always easy at small, mom-and-pop pharmacies
Credit: West Virginia University About 22 percent of women between the ages of 15 and 44 report having used emergency ...
Pandemic sets off future wave of worsening mental health issues
Worry, fear of COVID-19 amplifies risk of substance abuseCredit: University of Houston Long after a COVID-19 vaccination is developed and ...
UTIA to lead regional effort to battle farmer, rancher stress
USDA designates UT Extension to coordinate efforts in the SouthCredit: Image courtesy Unsplash. KNOXVILLE, Tenn. - The stress level in ...
Older the person, higher the self-esteem: age differences in self-esteem in Japan
Japanese people aged 50 and older do not tend to have lower self-esteem, suggesting that trajectory of self-esteem may differ ...
Jindal school researchers examine COVID-19 impact on manufacturing
Credit: UT Dallas Researchers at The University of Texas at Dallas have examined how manufacturers are -- or aren't -- ...
Amyloid deposits not associated with depression in the elderly
New study reports that cognitive decline is not due to the Alzheimer's hallmarkCredit: Biological Psychiatry, Elsevier Philadelphia, September 23, 2020 ...
Ethical challenges in cross-cultural research
Social science researchers offer recommendations for navigating ethical dilemmas in studying global societies.Credit: Kathrine Starkweather A group of social scientists ...
Perspective on employment rates after spinal cord injury – 30 years after the ADA
Experts detail new paradigms of vocational rehabilitation that are fostering measurable progress in employment outcomes for individuals with spinal cord ...
COVID-19: Second wave for some; others remain in first wave
Thirty-one US states plus DC were experiencing a second wave of COVID-19 cases while 13 others were still in the ...
NIH study details self-reported experiences with post-exertional malaise in ME/CFS
First publication from NIH ME/CFS study takes deep dive into key feature of the diseaseCredit: NIH/NCCIH One of the major ...
New book on addiction from Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press
Credit: Image generated by Alexander C.W. Smith, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai. Cold Spring Harbor, NY. Cold Spring ...
New funding explores the social, cultural and economic impact of COVID-19
Credit: uOttawa Seven University of Ottawa professors are among recipients of millions in funding from The Social Sciences and Humanities ...
Evidence-based vocational rehab practices raise employment rates after spinal cord injury
Kessler Foundation scientists detail benefits of returning to work, and effective approaches to improving employment outcomes for individuals disabled by ...