Social & Behavioral Science
Depression overshadows the past as well as the present
Depressed people have a peculiar view of the past - rather than glorifying the 'good old days', they project their...
Telling people not to ‘down’ drinks could make them drink more
Campaigns designed to stop young people "bolting" drinks can be ineffective and can even make them more likely to do...
Eye patterns in children: The development of anxiety and emotion
Credit: UC Riverside RIVERSIDE, Calif. (http://www.ucr.edu) - We spend a lot of time looking at the eyes of others for...
Study: Opioids overused in migraine treatment, regardless of race
African-Americans are more likely to experience debilitating migraine headaches than whites, but a new study probing the issue found no...
Don’t get mad — it’s only a game!
Feelings can run high in competitive situations and lead to heated arguments and disputes. But not everyone reacts in the...
Gaining influence over others does not increase autonomy
Moving up the greasy pole in the office does not make people feel more personally free, new research has shown....
Kansas well owners, non-well owners have different watering routines during droughts
During California's recent drought, media coverage focused on residents cutting back on water usage as a conservation measure. However, a...
Clinical appearance and unusual imaging findings of pediatric ketamine overdose
Credit: ©2017 AANS. CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA (AUG. 15, 2017). Perhaps the saddest drug abuse stories are about unsuspecting children who inadvertently...
Lutheranism has provided the foundations of the Nordic welfare state
Religious and cultural Lutheran values have shaped Nordic societies for centuries. But instead of encouraging capitalism as in Calvinist Europe,...
Secret to happiness may include more unpleasant emotions
WASHINGTON -- People may be happier when they feel the emotions they desire, even if those emotions are unpleasant, such...
Intoxication increases risk for heavy drinkers to commit violence against intimate partner
Credit: Georgia State University ATLANTA -- Intoxicated, heavy drinkers have a tendency to act rashly in response to negative emotions,...
Oxytocin and social norms reduce xenophobia
Credit: Photo: Rolf Müller/UKBONN We tend to be more altruistic to our own family and friends than to perfect strangers....
Light-to-moderate alcohol consumption may have protective health effects
Light-to-moderate drinking can lower risk of mortality from all-causes and cardiovascular disease, while heavy drinking can significantly increase risk of...
Arthritis on the rise
The average American today is twice as likely to be diagnosed with knee osteoarthritis than in the years before World...
The brain’s solution for seeing as is and seeing flexibly
Credit: Maryam Vaziri-Pashkam and Yaoda Xu New experiments described in The Journal of Neuroscience support distinct roles for two brain...
Racial profiling of Latino immigrants influences families differently
Credit: Barry Bahler, US Department of Homeland Security/US government work Immigration policies focusing on racial profiling and criminalization of Latinos...
Bumper stickers make often impersonal highways a space for social interaction
Credit: Walter Goettlich, University of Kansas Social theorists have pointed to freeways and other superhighways as "non-places of negligible social...
Paper examines links between parents’ earnings, gender roles, mental health
Credit: Photo by L. Brian Stauffer CHAMPAIGN, Ill. -- The sexual revolution of the 1960s and 1970s suggested that women...
Higher income individuals more physically active, yet more sedentary
New research led by American Cancer Society researchers in collaboration with the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston...
Archaeologists uncover 3,000-year-old female statue at citadel gate complex in Turkey
Credit: Photo courtesy of Tayinat Archaeological Project TORONTO, ON - The remains of a majestic female statue uncovered at the...