White people’s eating habits produce most greenhouse gases
White individuals disproportionately affect the environment through their eating habits by eating more foods that require more water and release ...
Tag: Social/Behavioral Science
UTSA study quantifies injuries and combat casualty care trends during War on Terror
New article aims to educate leaders about military trauma care policies Thousands of military service members lost their lives or ...
Cannabis during pregnancy bumps psychosis risk in offspring
With marijuana use rising among pregnant women, study raises new concernsCredit: Courtesy of Jeremy Fine. Pregnant women who use cannabis ...
When tempers flare, nurses’ injuries could rise
EAST LANSING, Mich. - A new study by researchers at Michigan State University and Portland State University has found that ...
Facebook is free, but should it count toward GDP anyway?
Study measures how much free online goods are worth to consumers For several decades, gross domestic product (GDP), a sum ...
Advanced paternal age increases risk of early-onset schizophrenia in offspring
The effect of advanced paternal age on offspring risk is not explained by parental predisposition for schizophrenia, according to a ...
Trained musicians perform better — at paying attention
Musical training improves the ability to tune out distractions, and the more training, the better the control, reports research published ...
How the brain ‘mentalizes’ cooperation
Credit: Abe M. O. et al., Neural correlates of online cooperation during joint force production, NeuroImage, February 7, 2019.) Researchers ...
Children develop PTSD when they ‘overthink’ their trauma
Children are more likely to suffer Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) if they think their reaction to traumatic events is ...
Discrimination, PTSD may lead to high preterm-birth rates among African-American women
African-American women are nearly twice as likely to give birth prematurely as white women. Such births often coincide with low ...
The most aggressive spider societies are not always the ones that flourish
Credit: Noa Pinter-Wollman Evolutionary biologists at McMaster University who study the social lives and behaviour of colony spiders--some of which ...
LSU Health study reports continued PTSD in women exposed to deepwater horizon oil spill
New Orleans, LA - A study led by LSU Health New Orleans School of Public Health reports that women exposed ...
Youth smoking and vaping: What does it mean for tobacco control
Because most people who smoke cigarettes begin young, public health efforts to prevent tobacco use among youth are a priority. ...
‘Technoference’: We’re more tired & less productive because of our phones
QUT study finds problematic phone use getting worse in Australia One in five women and one in eight men are ...
Attractive businesswomen viewed as less trustworthy ‘femmes fatales’
'Highly attractive women can be perceived as dangerous'Credit: Washington State University PULLMAN, Wash. - A Washington State University researcher says ...
Despite general support for police use of body-worn cameras, impacts may be overestimated
Police use of body-worn cameras is growing rapidly in the United States. New research that looked at 70 studies of ...
What does it mean to be a man in America?
New book explores issue through lens of trans menCredit: University of Minnesota Press What does it mean to a man ...
Exercise adds up to big brain boosts
March 24, 2019 - Anyone who trains for a marathon knows that individual running workouts add up over time to ...
How the ‘good feeling’ can influence the purchase of sustainable chocolate
Göttingen agricultural economists study the effect of the 'warm glow of giving'Credit: Jacqueline Macou via Pixabay More and more products ...
The success of an environmental charge
How the British society tackles excessive plastic bag use In October 2015, England introduced a charge for single-use plastic bags ...