Social &amp; Behavioral Science

June 8, 2023

When judging other people, first impressions last

ITHACA, N.Y. - A well-known saying urges people to "not judge a book by its cover." But people tend to...

Prevention program safeguards children’s brains from effects of poverty

Credit: Cal Powell/UGA A University of Georgia research team has shown for the first time that participation in a prevention...

Wives with a ‘soul mate’ view of marriage are less likely to volunteer, study finds

Wives who have a romantic view of marriage are less likely to do volunteer work, leading their husbands to volunteer...

UTSW researchers’ international study zeros in on gene that limits desire to drink alcohol

Credit: UT Southwestern DALLAS, Nov. 28, 2016 - In the largest study of its kind, UT Southwestern Medical Center researchers...

Power poses don’t help and could potentially backfire, Penn study shows

The idea behind power poses, that if you stand in a "powerful" position, broad posture, hands on hips, shoulders high...

IU study finds activity trackers can work when paired with wellness coaching

Credit: IU School of Public Health-Bloomington With the holiday shopping season upon us and a new year just around the...

Warwick and Waitrose tackle global food security together

Food security is at the heart of a new doctoral training collaboration between the University of Warwick and Waitrose, thanks...

New approach needed in way Tourette’s syndrome is portrayed, research shows

Media stereotypes of people with Tourette's Syndrome (TS) are leading to the stigmatising of adolescents with the condition by their...

Game theory provides new insight on spreading environmentally conscious behavior

A new study published in the journal Ecological Modelling provides a unique new modelling framework, which translates findings from psychological...

‘English votes for English laws’ has not given England a voice in parliament, study finds

'English votes for English laws' (EVEL) has not enhanced England's voice in the UK Parliament, according a 12-month study by...

Practice testing protects memory against stress

Credit: Tufts University/Kevin Jiang (MEDFORD/SOMERVILLE, Mass., Nov. 24, 2016)--Learning by taking practice tests, a strategy known as retrieval practice, can...

Building stress-resistant memories

Though it's widely assumed that stress zaps a person's ability to recall memory, it doesn't have that effect when memory...

Alcohol may increase risk of some types of stroke but not others

Light and moderate alcohol consumption of up to two drinks per day is associated with a lower risk of ischemic...

Should parents lie to children about Santa?

Shops are bursting with toys, mince pies are on the menu and radios are blasting out Christmas tunes -- so...

Creative activities promote day-to-day wellbeing

Everyday creative activity may lead to an "upward spiral" of increased wellbeing and creativity in young adults, new research from...

Malaria elimination in Sub-Saharan Africa predicted to be possible under right conditions

Credit: Milen Nikolov (CCBY) Malaria elimination in historically high transmission areas like southern Africa is possible with tools that are...

Missed connections: As people age, memory-related brain activity loses cohesion

Credit: Davison et al. Groups of brain regions that synchronize their activity during memory tasks become smaller and more numerous...

Diet quality low but steadily improving among US kids

PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- On the whole, the diet of U.S. children improved markedly between 1999 and 2012 but it remains...

Research finds sharing, cooperation key to Arctic villages

A new analysis of subsistence data collected in three Arctic communities underscores the importance of social ties and sharing among...

Long-term remuneration of German board members could have a more lasting effect