Social & Behavioral Science

RIVERSIDE, Calif. - Human papillomavirus (HPV), which causes genital warts and can lead to several cancers, is one of the...

Credit: Carnegie Mellon University Pennsylvania's congressional district maps are almost certainly the result of gerrymandering according to an analysis based...

People with intermittent explosive disorder (IED)--a condition marked by frequent physical or verbal outbursts--are at five times greater risk for...

PITTSBURGH--An important learning process is impaired in adolescents who were abused as children, a University of Pittsburgh researcher has found,...

WASHINGTON - Despite their potential, many English learners (ELs) -- who account for more than 9 percent of K-12 enrollment...

Do you remember the last time you escaped the hot summer sun to enjoy a cool reprieve in the shade...

Credit: KTU The book aims to introduce a research concept called "Numanities", as one possible attempt to overcome the current...

Happy memories spring to mind much faster than sad, scary or peaceful ones. Moreover, if you listen to happy or...

(Imperial College London) A joint venture between the Royal College of Music and Imperial was awarded £1 million for a...

Credit: Lancaster University A comprehensive 'Body of Knowledge' to inform and underpin education and professional training for the cyber security...

Lifestyle patterns, including physical activity and body mass index (BMI), are associated with a risk of overall heart failure but...

WASHINGTON -- If your name is Fred, do you look like a Fred? You might -- and others might think...

We're told not to judge a book by its cover, but we make instant judgments about people's intelligence, trustworthiness or...

The results of a large study do not support the notion that prenatal and postpartum maternal depression is particularly detrimental...

In a recent study of adolescents, those who reported being sleepy during the day were more likely to be antisocial,...

In a survey of staff from 172 Swedish nursing homes, most residents had been outside the nursing home during the...

A fruit and vegetable intake above five-a-day shows major benefit in reducing the chance of heart attack, stroke, cancer and...

We use others' eyes - whether they're widened or narrowed - to infer emotional states, and the inferences we make...

CHICAGO --- A new Northwestern Medicine study found evidence suggesting how neural dysfunction in a certain region of the brain...

Check out these newsworthy studies from the February 22, 2017, issue of JNeurosci. Media interested in obtaining the full text...