Cricket umpires fumble on T20 calls
The toughest call to make by a cricket umpire is a leg-before-wicket (LBW) decision and new research shows T20 matches ...
Tag: Social/Behavioral Science
Early neural activity associated with autism
EEG measurements in infants predicted ASD symptoms in toddlersCredit: Society of Biological Psychiatry, Elsevier Philadelphia, August 11, 2020 - Autism ...
ETSU, Virginia Tech awarded $2.6 million for project
Grant to establish research infrastructure to support recovery for persons with opioid use disorderCredit: Virginia Tech The National Institute on ...
Personal connections key to climate adaptation
Credit: Dean Miller. Connections with friends and family are key to helping communities adapt to the devastating impact of climate ...
Quantitative Science Studies Journal to participate in transparent peer review
Credit: The MIT Press The MIT Press announced today that Quantitative Science Studies (QSS), the official open access journal of ...
Personality-based approach may be key to partnering with robots
Credit: U.S. Army photo ABERDEEN PROVING GROUND, Md. -- Human facial expressions could be one of the keys in building ...
OU Health Sciences Center receives $38 million grant for suicide prevention
Credit: University of Oklahoma OKLAHOMA CITY, OKLA. - The University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center has been awarded a five-year, ...
What will our cities look like after COVID-19?
Credit: UBC The past few months have been a highly unusual time as people sheltered in place to prevent the ...
COVID-19 a perfect storm for conspiracy theories
As the global count of COVID-19 infections heads towards the 20M mark, the pandemic has created what the World Health ...
Understanding why some children enjoy TV more than others
Credit: Birbeck, University of London Children's own temperament could be driving the amount of TV they watch - according to ...
Many states lack election flexibility needed to address pandemic safety concerns
Time is running out for balancing issues of safety, integrity and accessCredit: RAND Corp. Many states continue to lack the ...
Food menu fit for pandemic times
Ethical eating with health, environment in mindCredit: Flinders University In the midst of a global pandemic, eating well in a ...
Penn medicine receives $4.9 million grant to improve uptake of cancer care best practices
Funding from National Cancer Institute is part of the Beau Biden Cancer Moonshot InitiativeCredit: Penn Medicine PHILADELPHIA - While extensive ...
Monkeying around: Study finds older primates father far fewer babies
Credit: Photo courtesy of Krista Milich, Washington University in St. Louis Infertility is a worldwide clinical problem for human health ...
Racial discrimination linked to suicide
Two reports: Pain of discrimination can be greater than will to live; reframing can helpCredit: University of Houston In this ...
Raising the bar on disability care
Spotlight on two-way respect during COVID-19, and beyondCredit: Flinders University Encouraging paid workers to employ the 'right kind' of respectful ...
To distinguish contexts, animals think probabilistically, study suggests
Credit: Image by Peter Goldberg Among the many things rodents have taught neuroscientists is that in a region called the ...
Psychologist to study how motor development changes infants’ learning experiences
NSF-funded project at UC Riverside will involve new methods for measuring infants' daily learning experiences in the homeCredit: UC Riverside. ...
Study: COVID-19 pandemic has negatively influenced subjective well-being
Researchers surveyed people before and during the crisis - Participants perceived threats and challengesCredit: Swen Reichhold; Leipzig University, SUK In ...
COVID-19 increased anxiety, depression for already stressed college students
Study shows unprecedented increase in mental health challenges among undergraduatesCredit: Figure courtesy of Jeremy Huckins. HANOVER, N.H. - July 27, ...