Behavior

USDA designates UT Extension to coordinate efforts in the SouthCredit: Image courtesy Unsplash. KNOXVILLE, Tenn. - The stress level in rural communities is off the charts. Farm and ranch closures, land forfeitures, labor issues and…

Model uncertainty, political contestation, and public trust in science: evidence from the COVID-19 pandemic Criticisms of COVID-19 models by Democratic elites in May 2020 appeared to undermine public support for the models' use - and trust…

In mid-April 2020, the national unemployment rate reached 14.7 percent - the highest since the Great Depression. Forty-one million American workers filed for unemployment between February and May of 2020. Unprecedented unemployment…

I-Connect web-based system adaptable for home education, shares data with mentors LAWRENCE -- Many students face challenges staying focused and on task in the classroom. Now that the COVID-19 pandemic has transformed many homes into…

Japanese people aged 50 and older do not tend to have lower self-esteem, suggesting that trajectory of self-esteem may differ across culturesCredit: Tokyo University of Science Self-esteem does not remain constant through life, but…

The percentage of heavy sugar-sweetened beverage drinkers trended downwards in most demographic categories, but attention should be paid to several subgroups with high intake for whom trends are not decreasing, according to a new…

Face-covering use is up, vaccine uncertainty is on the rise and many people are overestimating their risk of getting seriously sick or dying, researchers say ORLANDO, Sept. 23, 2020 - A new National Science Foundation-funded survey of six…

The findings are reported as use of cannabis during pregnancy has 'skyrocketed' While cannabis use during pregnancy is on the rise, researchers at Washington University in St. Louis have found evidence that the resulting children are more…

Researchers find that having a 'sexy mindset' makes people perceive potential partners as way more attractive There's something to rose-tinted glasses after all. A group of psychologists at the University of Rochester and the Israeli-based…

Muslims and atheists in the United States are more likely than those of Christian faiths to experience religious discrimination, according to new research led by the University of Washington. In the study, which focused on public schools…

A few minutes a day writing about what you're grateful for can make you less of a jerkCredit: University of Central Florida Researchers suggest employees should take a cue from Jimmy Fallon's Thank You Notes segment on The…

Enrolling in health education courses may help change student's beliefs about stress College students are under a lot of stress, even more so lately due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Based on certain personality types, especially neurotic…

New study reports that cognitive decline is not due to the Alzheimer's hallmarkCredit: Biological Psychiatry, Elsevier Philadelphia, September 23, 2020 - Depression in elderly people can include symptoms such as memory loss,…

A father's involvement in the parenting of an infant is associated to a lower risk of experiencing paternal depressive symptoms during the first year of the child's life, according to a study published in the open-access journal Frontiers…

SAGE Publishing and the Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences (CASBS) at Stanford University are pleased to announce Jennifer Richeson as winner of the 2020 SAGE-CASBS Award. Established in 2013, the SAGE-CASBS Award…

Results provide insight for public health policymakers fighting COVID-19Credit: (Photo by Andrew Davis Tucker/UGA) Achieving herd immunity to COVID-19 is an impractical public health strategy, according to a new model developed by…

Researchers discovered that the social environment in which the individual develops can revert genetic effects of its behaviour, something particularly important to take into account when experiments resort to genetically modified animals.…

Series of studies reveal conditions under which humans more likely to have virtual intermediaries act deceptively Recently computer scientists at USC Institute of Technologies (ICT) set out to assess under what conditions humans would…

TAMPA, Fla. (Sept. 21)- The 2020 hurricane season is breaking records with 23 named storms, and more are projected to develop over the next few weeks. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration predicts there will be as many as…

Academic meeting embraces zombie apocalypse, spans the sciences, the arts and the scary What do cellular systems in the human body and social behaviors of people have in common with zombies? If you dare to attend the Zombie Apocalypse…