University of Utah Invests $1.3 million in COVID-19 research, from domestic violence
Credit: Fusion Medical Animation on Unsplash (Salt Lake City) - As the COVID-19 pandemic continues to spread across the globe, ...
Tag: Social/Behavioral Science
A key brain region for controlling binge drinking has been found
The unique intersection in the brain between the stress system and binge drinking may be the key to controlling the ...
New grant to investigate the link between arterial structure and cognition
Credit: Courtesy of the Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology. A new grant will support a collaboration between researchers ...
New model finds countries should work together to control coronavirus, harmful species
ASU researcher explores pests, parasites, diseases on a global scaleCredit: Pixabay.com;Hans Braxmeier Countries looking to contain the spread of harmful ...
Large majority of Washington state’s heroin users want to reduce use
Syringe programs helping during COVID-19 crisisCredit: Photo courtesy of the Snohomish syringe services program A new survey of people who ...
New paper points out flaw in Rubber Hand Illusion raising tough questions for psychology
Credit: University of Sussex A world-famous psychological experiment used to help explain the brain's understanding of the body, as well ...
Aha! + Aaaah: Creative insight triggers a neural reward signal
A neuroimaging study points to a possible answer as to what drove the evolutionary development of creativityCredit: Drexel University Creativity ...
First mobile app for caregivers of children with FASD reaches trial stage
Credit: Researchers/University of Rochester In the summer of 2017, Christie Petrenko, an assistant professor and research associate at the University ...
Disagreements help team perception, study finds
Credit: US Army photo ABERDEEN PROVING GROUND, Md. (April 7, 2020) - Team disagreements might be the key to helping ...
Babies retain even detailed events during a nap
During sleep, toddlers' brains consolidate details without generalizing themCredit: MPI CBS The brain is permanently exposed to new impressions. Even ...
Simulations show extreme opinions can lead to polarized groups
By incorporating the social science concept of 'rigidity of the extreme' into a popular opinion dynamics model, work in chaos ...
Young children find a parent’s hug more calming than a stranger’s
Credit: Yoshida et al./iScience For infants as young as four months, a hug from a parent makes all the difference. ...
When three species of human ancestor walked the Earth
Credit: Angeline Leece. An international team, including Arizona State University researcher Gary Schwartz, have unearthed the earliest known skull of ...
New app could help panic attack sufferers manage anxiety during coronavirus pandemic
Credit: Sally McC ay For the nearly 36 million Americans who experience panic attacks, the coronavirus pandemic is a potentially ...
Representation of driving behavior as a statistical model
To accurately measure the effectiveness of traffic safety management technologyCredit: COPYRIGHT (C) TOYOHASHI UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. Overview: ...
Mindfulness app may help address physician anxiety, burnout
Credit: Brown University PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- As novel coronavirus cases continue to increase across the nation, health professionals on the ...
Healthy Nevada Project participants report on COVID-19
14,000 Nevadans quickly report on signs and symptoms to enhance predictive public health models for NevadaCredit: DRI Reno, Nev. (March ...
Russian trolls on Twitter polarized vaccination during 2016 election cycle
Fake personas targeted pro- and anti-vaccination messages to Americans, based on their political preferencesCredit: D. Walter, During the 2016 election ...
Where in the brain does creativity come from? Evidence from jazz musicians
A new brain-imaging study out of Drexel University's Creativity Research Lab sheds light on the controversy of which side of ...
In new book, OU professor presents new theory on LGBTQ stigma
Credit: Meredith G. F. Worthen In a new book, Meredith G. F. Worthen, professor of sociology at the University of ...