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Research team with the University of Göttingen finds effect of odour on helpfulness in ratsCredit: Manon Schweinfurth Despite their reputation, rats are surprisingly sociable and actually regularly help each other out with tasks.…

A team of neuroscientists tracked the brains and pupils of self-described basketball fans as they watched March Madness games to study how people process surprise, an unexpected change of circumstances that shifts an anticipated…

They post more about work on social media, feel more important COLUMBUS, Ohio - There's one group of essential workers who especially enjoy being called a "hero" during the COVID-19 pandemic: narcissists. In a new study, researchers…

News from the Journal of Marketing Researchers from Boston University and University of Virginia published a new paper in the Journal of Marketing that examines how consumers respond to AI recommenders when focused on the functional and…

Credit: The Picower Institute for Learning and Memory If you open your office door one morning and there is a new package waiting on your desk, that's what you will notice most in the otherwise unchanged room. A new study by MIT and…

Youth opioid overdose deaths increasingly involve cocaine Boston - Results of a new study show that opioid overdose deaths involving more than one substance (polysubstances) are more common than opioid-only overdose deaths among youth. Led…

Neuroscientists find that isolation provokes brain activity similar to that seen during hunger cravings CAMBRIDGE, MA -- Since the coronavirus pandemic began in the spring, many people have only seen their close friends and loved ones…

Peer-reviewed | observational study | people People who are dogmatic about their views seek less information and make less accurate judgements as a result, even on simple matters unrelated to politics, according to a study led by UCL and…

Patients who received the combination therapy had increased cognition and functioningCredit: UCLA Health FINDINGS UCLA scientists and colleagues found the use of long-acting antipsychotic medication combined with the use of cognitive…

Wayne State University and Karmanos Cancer Institute to host DETROIT - Wayne State University and the Karmanos Cancer Institute will host the "Community-Engaged Research Symposium to Advance Health Equity: The Impact of Coronavirus Now and…

Credit: EPFL We all react to stress in different ways. A sudden loud noise or flash of light can elicit different degrees of response from people, which indicates that some of us are more susceptible to the impact of stress than…

Children and adolescents more likely to experience higher rates of depression and anxiety during and after enforced isolation ends Washington, DC, November 19, 2020 - The COVID-19 pandemic has necessitated widespread social isolation,…

How does practicing hope and optimism benefit or harm us?Credit: John Templeton Foundation A new paper published by the John Templeton Foundation explores the latest scientific and philosophical research on the related but distinct…

New Haven, Conn. -- A drug once used to treat high blood pressure can help alcoholics with withdrawal symptoms reduce or eliminate their drinking, Yale University researchers report Nov. 19 in the American Journal of Psychiatry. In a…

Clear abnormalities missed even by experienced radiologists There's a classic video demonstrating how our brains process information and allocate attention in which people bounce and pass basketballs and the viewer is asked to count the…

Credit: Brian Stauffer, University of Illinois A new pair of papers published in the Journal of Animal Ecology has shown that sexual lineage matters for how offspring receive adaptations from parents in stickleback fish. Researchers…

New report details how societies can cut their GHG emissions by ride- and car-sharing, building smaller houses. How much can society gain by cutting consumption of materials --  by using materials smarter, using less or recycling…

Institutions, not only family rejection, underlie LGBTQ youth homelessnessCredit: University of California Press The news stories go like this: A gay or transgender teen rejected by their homophobic family is forced to survive on…

Credit: APSN Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore), global video game developer YOOZOO Games and Singapore's Association for Persons with Special Needs (APSN) have jointly developed three mobile applications to help…

PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- The old ethics rules are no longer offering adequate protection to field research subjects, according to two leading social scientists from Brown and Pennsylvania State Universities -- and as a result, individual…