Portland State University releases nationwide guidance on bike share equity programs
A set of ten new technical briefs synthesizes best practices and case studies from over 70 U.S. bike share systems ...
Tag: Social/Behavioral Science
Citizen science at heart of new study showing COVID-19 seismic noise reduction
Credit: Reprinted with permission from T. Lecocq et al., Science 10.1126/science.abd2438 (2020). Research published in the journal Science, using a ...
Big brains and dexterous hands
Credit: Karin Isler, ZOOM Erlebniswelt, Gelsenkirchen People are very skilled with their hands, but take a very long time to ...
Study looks at excessive exercise in people with eating disorders
Credit: Andrea Piacquadio LAWRENCE -- For most people, exercise is healthy for both body and mind. Hours spent jogging, bike ...
Different from a computer: Why the brain never processes the same input in the same way
Credit: Stephani/ MPI CBS Rustling leaves, light rain at the window, a quietly ticking clock - muffled sounds, just above ...
New approach simultaneously measures EEG and fMRI connectomes
Credit: Photo courtesy the Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology. New research demonstrates how two vastly different methods of ...
When it comes to happiness, what’s love got to do with it?
Credit: Michigan State University EAST LANSING, Mich. - How accurate was William Shakespeare when he said, "'Tis better to have ...
Remember the first time you…? Mysterious brain structure sheds light on addiction
Cocaine-addicted mice shed light on claustrum's role in associating reward with contextCredit: Courtesy of Hebrew University Do you remember where ...
Visual working memory is hierarchically structured
Credit: Utochkin, I. S., & Brady, T. F. (2020). Individual representations in visual working memory inherit ensemble properties. Journal of ...
Sweet coolers a gateway to increased alcohol consumption
hese sweetened alcoholic beverages can promote harmful alcohol consumption among teens, new University of Guelph research findsCredit: (University of Guelph) ...
Expanded access to treatment in prisons can reduce overdose deaths by 31.6%, study finds
Credit: Alexandria Macmadu/Brown University PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- The epidemic of opioid-related overdose death persists across the United States, and people ...
The most important task for a PTSD service dog for veterans is disrupting anxiety
Credit: Purdue University Science has shown that service dogs can benefit some veterans with PTSD. But the exact role service ...
Racial and LGBT bias persists in ridesharing drivers despite mitigation efforts
Credit: Indiana University BLOOMINGTON, Ind. -- Despite efforts by ridesharing companies to eliminate or reduce discrimination, research from the Indiana ...
Spider monkey groups as collective computers
Credit: Sandra E. Smith Aguilar The wild spider monkeys living in a protected area near Punta Laguna, Mexico, collectively figure ...
How does ridesourcing substitute for public transit network?
New research by SMART finds that one third of ridesourcing substitutes public transitCredit: Singapore-MIT Alliance for Research and Technology Study ...
Can social unrest, riot dynamics be modeled?
Exploring episodes of social unrest and rioting, discovering a way to model its spreadCredit: Sergio Rica Mery WASHINGTON, July 21, ...
Living with a problem gambler?
Partner and family can help flag early signsCredit: Flinders University With the lure of online gambling high during COVID-19 lockdowns ...
Male sexual worries: What has changed in the post-Viagra age?
Credit: This diagram appears with the permission of the authors and the International Journal of Impotence Research. The EAU thanks ...
When power is toxic: Dominance reduces influence in groups
Groups led by subordinate males outperform those led by dominant and aggressive males, study findsCredit: The Jordan Lab New study ...
Global sentiments towards COVID-19 shifts from fear to anger
Credit: NTU Singapore The fear that people developed at the start of the COVID-19 outbreak has given way to anger ...