Social & Behavioral Science

BOSTON - Many of the toughest decisions faced by cancer patients involve knowing how to use numbers -- calculating risks,...

BOSTON - Even those who follow science may be surprised by how quickly international collaboration in scientific studies is growing,...

Credit: University of Central Florida Mothers who want the benefits of breast milk for their babies but can't produce the...

In 1932 T.S. Eliot famously argued, "Genuine poetry can communicate before it is understood." In a recent article published in...

Credit: Nuria González. UPV/EHU Listening in quiet conditions is actually quite rare. Most of the time there is some kind...

The researchers conducted an experiment with a cohort of more than 300 first-year students in the Netherlands who attended microeconomics...

Credit: The A.N. Belozersky Institute Of Physico-Chemical Biology A group of Russian and Swedish scientists just published a breakthrough paper,...

ARLINGTON, VA - February 16, 2017 - Joe Biden, 47th Vice President of the United States, will receive Research!America's Gordon...

PRINCETON, N.J.--Recent polls have shown that many white, working-class people in America feel pushed out by society, a reason why...

Do beautiful people earn more while those who are not so gorgeous are paid less? It's not as simple as...

Credit: QMUL Drawing from unpublished documents and never-before-seen hospital case records and government papers, Dr Evans takes the reader on...

The University of Liverpool, in partnership with AKL Research and Development Ltd, is to lead on a clinical trial to...

Pregnant women are almost twice as likely to quit smoking if they are supported from their first midwife appointment -...

Men who were stressed or in poor health had elevated depression symptoms when their partners were pregnant and nine months...

The stigma associated with prejudice against women and people of color seems to transfer from one group to another, according...

The Tlingit and Haida, indigenous peoples of the Northwest Coast (NWC), have used carved wooden hooks to catch halibut for...

Emotions are not innately programmed into our brains, but, in fact, are cognitive states resulting from the gathering of information,...

Introducing new products through pre-order price promotions is a time-honored strategy, but how deep should those discounts be and what...

Credit: Caroline Kumsta, Ph.D. La Jolla, Calif., February 15, 2016 (embargoed until 5:00 A.M. EST) -- Biologists have known for...

Evidence of chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE), a potential cause of dementia caused by repeated blows to the head, has been...