Tag: Social/Behavioral Science

Emotional intelligence involves much more than reading people's micro-expressionsCredit: Image by Jeffrey Zhang Actor James Franco looks sort of happy ...

THC found more important for therapeutic effects in cannabis than originally thought

UNM researchers measure product characteristics and associated effects with mobile appCredit: UNM Researchers at the University of New Mexico (UNM) ...

Indigenous knowledge, key to a successful ecosystem restoration

Ecological restoration projects actively involving indigenous peoples and local communities are more successful. This is the result of a study ...

‘Silent-type’ cells play greater role in brain behavior than previously thought

Brain cells recorded as among the least electrically active during a specific task may be the most important to doing ...

Maasai farmers only kill lions when they attack livestock

Credit: Martin Odino Maasai farmers do not kill lions for retribution whenever they lose sheep or cattle, new research shows. ...

National MS Society funds Kessler Foundation pilot study of social interaction in MS

MS researchers conduct first study of outcome processing during social interactions in individuals with multiple sclerosisCredit: Kessler Foundation East Hanover, ...

A disconnect between migrants’ stories and their health

Happy narratives belie health markers of stress in study COLUMBUS, Ohio - While some Mexican immigrants give positive accounts about ...

Study: Political parties sideline minority voters, leave other orgs to pick up the slack

Outreach by nonpartisan institutions increases nonwhite voter participation A vote is a vote is a vote, supposedly, with each citizen ...

Some personal beliefs and morals may stem from genetics

A new baby is often welcomed with speculation about whether they got their eyes and nose from mom or dad, ...

Fewer hospital programs address opioid abuse, Ohio University study finds

American hospitals collectively have seen a loss of programs dealing with substance abuse ATHENS, Ohio (Feb. 25, 2019) - The ...

Public lecture on sleep and the brain, press room, and more: CNS 2019 only 4 weeks away

"If you think about the three pillars of health, you've got diet, exercise, and sleep. If you don't exercise for ...

Health literacy can promote older people’s health

How easy is it for older individuals to evaluate whether health information in the media is reliable? How easy is ...

Migrants face a trade-off between status and fertility

Credit: SA-Kuva Researchers from the Universities of Helsinki, Turku and Missouri as well as the Family Federation of Finland present ...

Faced with choice overload, Indian farmers say, ‘I’ll have what he’s having’

Genetically modified seeds have exploded in India since the government liberalized the economy in the 1990sCredit: Purdue University/Andrew Flachs Suicide ...

Study: With Twitter, race of the messenger matters

Tweets shown to change minds of millennials on NFL protestsCredit: Study authors LAWRENCE -- When NFL player Colin Kaepernick took ...

Good dog? Bad dog? Their personalities can change

New findings from MSU went where few researchers have gone before to reveal that, like humans, dogs' personalities likely change ...

UCF study finds high IQs won’t be enough to prevent ecological disasters

Credit: UCF: Karen Norum High IQs aren't going to be enough to stop an ecological disaster. It's going to take ...

Virtual reality a promising tool for reducing fears and phobia in autism

Credit: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers New Rochelle, NY, February 22, 2019--In a new pilot study, autistic adults showed real-life, ...

UTSA researchers examine patterns of prescription opioid misuse and other substance use

On average, 130 Americans die every day from an opioid overdose and almost 218,000 Americans died from overdoses related to ...

Studying species interactions using remote camera traps