When do alcohol-dependent mothers parent harshly?
Credit: Stephen Dow/University of Rochester, researchers Not surprisingly, parents with substance use disorders often struggle with parenting and frequently have ...
Tag: Social/Behavioral Science
Birds of a feather flock together, but how do they decide where to go?
Researchers propose a new method of studying coordinated behavior in biological systems, which they use to study pigeon flightsCredit: Angie ...
Trash talk hurts, even when it comes from a robot
Discouraging words from machines impair human game playCredit: Carnegie Mellon University PITTSBURGH--Trash talking has a long and colorful history of ...
Virtual ‘moonwalk’ for science reveals distortions in spatial memory
Credit: MPI CBS In order to remember where important events happened, or how to get from A to B, our ...
EurekAlert! fellowship spotlights early-career science journalists from Latin America, other emerging regions
Credit: Courtesy photos provided by the winners Five early-career science journalists from emerging regions will attend the 2020 AAAS Annual ...
Is opioid treatment available to those who need it most?
Credit: Michigan State University EAST LANSING, Mich. - The U.S. opioid epidemic is still raging - it's particularly pronounced in ...
Research explores impact of racial discrimination on dating websites for gay, bisexual men
Credit: Photo by L. Brian Stauffer CHAMPAIGN, Ill. -- Race-based discrimination and stereotypes are ubiquitous in the online communities and ...
New study casts doubt on China’s organ donation data
Credit: Benjamin John Keough, ANU The Chinese government may have been systematically misreporting the number of organs it claims it ...
Study finds links between early screen exposure, sleep disruption and EBD in kids
KKH study finds links between early screen exposure, sleep disruption and emotional, behavioural difficulties in childrenCredit: KK Women's and Children's ...
Is virtual reality the next big thing in art therapy?
Drexel researchers conduct study to see if creative arts therapies is next frontier for VR in healthcare.Credit: Drexel University College ...
Applying biodiversity conservation research in practice
Credit: © Marcos Uzquiano The world's population is growing - and with it the need for natural resources. This calls ...
Knowledge of the origin of the food makes it taste better
Well-known foods taste the best, but if we know where the food comes from and how it is made, it ...
Esports gamers face same level of psychological pressure as pro-athletes, study finds
Elite videogamers under as much stress as top-flight footballers and rugby playersCredit: ESL/University of Chichester Esports athletes playing in top-level ...
Mothers’ pregnancy-related anxiety may alter how infants’ brains respond to sad speech
Study shows correlation between mothers' self-reported pregnancy-related anxiety, and babies' blood flow to brain areas responsible for emotional responses when ...
Humans’ ability to read dogs’ facial expressions is learned, not innate
The first comprehensive study of the human ability to recognize the facial expressions of dogs suggests this ability is mainly ...
Quitting Facebook could boost exam results
Credit: Image by Thomas Ulrich from Pixabay (cc) In research that validates what many parents and educators suspect, students whose ...
First adult molars are ‘living fossils’ that hold a health record dating back to the womb
Credit: McMaster University Researchers at McMaster University have found that a person's first permanent molars carry a life-long record of ...
New Jersey researchers study social communication in pediatric traumatic brain injury
Pilot study by researchers at Kessler Foundation and Children's Specialized Hospital furthered knowledge of the relationship between social communication and ...
Hurricanes affecting Puerto Rico reveal the serious crisis the country is experiencing
An article led by Joan Benach shows how the underlying causes of the crisis in Puerto Rico stem from colonialism ...
Ancient Rome: a 12,000-year history of genetic flux, migrations and diversity
Credit: © Michaela Lucci The study, published November 8 in Science, focuses on the ancient DNA of individuals from Rome ...