Day June 28, 2024

Imagine walking down the aisle of your local grocery store. The scent of mixed herbs catches your attention, mentally transporting you to a kitchen filled with the aroma of your favorite home-cooked meal. Suddenly, you’re craving hearty minestrone soup or…

One of the things I often hear as an emotions researcher is that emotions should not “cloud” people’s decisions, that they get in the way, or that they are irrational. But emotions are a critical part of the human experience,…

A war has erupted around young people’s use of social media and it is messy. In the United States, surgeon general Vivek Murthy has recommended cigarette packet-like warnings for platforms like Instagram to remind teens and parents social media “has…

Young people aged 14 to 20 years are more satisfied nowadays with being single than their counterparts ten years ago. This is the conclusion of a study undertaken by the Institute of Psychology at Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz (JGU). “It…

There’s a widespread view that populism is on the rise, from the United States and Turkey to India and Hungary. What is fueling this movement? Populism is a political ideology that positions “the people” as a morally just, good group…

With the Copa América, the UEFA European Championship and the Olympic Games all taking place over a few months, summer 2024 is shaping up to be a celebration of sport. However, many modern sporting events have been held in countries…

In good news for our egos, both men and women were pretty accurate at rating their own physical attractiveness, according to a new study. Couples also tended to be well-matched on their attractiveness, suggesting that we largely date and marry…

Engaging in meaningful social interactions with peers is associated with lower loneliness and greater affective well-being, new research published in Social Psychological and Personality Science finds. Researchers followed three cohorts of university students over three years, collecting data on their…

Do you have trouble recognizing faces, or do you never forget a face? The better you are at facial recognition, the more supportive relationships you are likely to have, regardless of your personality type. In a world-first study published in…

There is currently a bipartisan push from state and federal governments to introduce laws in Australia banning young people under 16 from accessing social media platforms. Politicians are citing fears that minors are exposed to harmful or inappropriate content online.…

Income difference in percent if parents have a degree in the same field of study (selection). Credit: The British Journal of Sociology (2024). DOI: 10.1111 Lawyers, doctors and engineers who have studied in the same field as their parents have…

Rising health care prices in the U.S. are leading employers outside the health care sector to reduce their payroll and decrease their number of employees, according to a new study co-authored by Yale economist Zack Cooper. The study, published June…

Proving irrationality using the conservative matrix field. There are many ways to prove the irrationality of a constant, one of which is to evaluate a quantity called the “irrationality measure” (denoted ?). This measure quantifies how well a rational sequence…

As politicians on all sides jostle for votes on July 4, the British electorate is faced with an avalanche of politically related materials and debate through all forms of media outlets. Ideally, in what we might describe as an “ideas-informed”…

Credit: Ksenia Chernaya from Pexels Would more dads work fewer hours if other dads decided to do the same? Would paid parental leave prompt them to do more around the house? How do social norms affect inequalities within the labor…

Credit: Matthias Zomer from Pexels Informal care has a huge impact on your working life. Informal caregivers earn less per hour and are less satisfied with their job. This is the conclusion reached by sociologist Klara Raiber, who will defend…

Lockdowns during the COVID-19 pandemic saw an exponential rise in cryptocurrency investments which was partially driven by the stress of social isolation, QUT researchers have found. The study’s results have major implications for financial advisors, marketers and policymakers on how…

People from the corporate world and higher education sectors are increasingly adopting each other’s speech patterns to be more socially inclusive, according to new research published today by Lancaster University. We may not always notice it, but we frequently imitate…

The Bias Detector allows users to visualize the quantity of news stories on a given topic in a particular time period by lean or tone. Credit: Computational Social Science Lab Every day, American news outlets collectively publish thousands of articles.…

Slot machine at Black Fire Innovation Center. Credit: Josh Hawkins, UNLV Free-play campaigns—or gambling money on the house—have gotten big. They are the dominant play incentive in the gaming industry, where the most money is spent to get players in the…

The PSIDES research group of the University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU) is dedicated to researching online dating violence in young couples. The aim is to gain a better understanding of this recent phenomenon so that appropriate prevention strategies can…

A study by Pusan National University researcher highlights the benefits of decodable texts as part of a balanced approach to reading instruction. Credit: Professor Dennis Murphy Odo from Pusan National University, South Korea For young children, taking the first step…

The property market is a competitive space where finding a nice home, in the area you want and at a price you can afford, is a hard thing to do. With buyers outnumbering available properties, the pressure is even greater,…

Brendan Dwyer, Ph.D., is director of research and distance learning at VCU’s Center for Sport Leadership. Credit: Thomas Kojcsich, Enterprise Marketing and Communications Not long ago—1992, in fact—Congress passed a bill that essentially blocked sports betting nationwide, save for a…

As the European football championships continue in Germany, new research has revealed that “sportswashing”—the practice of using sporting events or teams to improve a country’s reputation—is still highly effective, despite increased awareness of the issue among fans. Dr. Vitaly Kazakov…

Sexual violence against men by women is growing in areas such as social media, but is not receiving the level of attention as violence against women by men. Female-perpetuated sexual assault against men—and why is can be be downplayed or…

Credit: Thirdman from Pexels Venture capital plays an important role in helping new businesses get off the ground. The field also has a stubborn gender gap. More than 4 in 5 partners at U.S.-based venture capital firms are men, surveys…

The idea that a college degree levels the playing field for students of different socioeconomic classes has been bolstered in recent years. Research from 2011 and 2017, for example, found that earning a bachelor’s degree helped students from less advantaged…

Of the three dimensions that make up scientists’ credibility, two of them—perceptions of competence and trustworthiness—saw a small but statistically significant drop from 2023 to 2024. The third dimension, that scientists “share my values,” did not change significantly. From Annenberg…

An LMU study reveals how Facebook and Instagram deliver political advertising. The algorithms seem to favor the contents of certain parties. In the run-up to polling day, election campaigns go into overdrive. Streetlights and grass verges are covered with posters,…

Median grades attained by real (orange) and AI (blue) submissions across each individual module and all combined. Grade boundaries 2:2, 2:1 and 1st classifications are shown as dotted lines. Credit: Scarfe et al., 2024, PLOS ONE, CC-BY 4.0 (creativecommons.org) In…

Misinformation on social media. Credit: Tom Buchanan, CC-BY 4.0 (creativecommons.org) Sharing false political information on social media by users may be associated with aspects of personality such as positive schizotypy, a set of traits including paranoia, suspicion and disrupted thinking…

Young voters from the millennial generation and Gen Z are emerging as the demographic center of power in American politics, but new studies by UC Berkeley researchers find they are fatalistic about critical problems such as economic inequality, climate change…

Although people lie a lot, they typically refrain from accusing others of lying because of social norms around making false accusations and being polite. But artificial intelligence (AI) could soon shake up the rules. In a study published June 27…

Credit: Safari Consoler from Pexels Several universities and colleges in Canada signed on to the Scarborough Charter on Anti-Black Racism and Black Inclusion in Canadian Higher Education in November 2021. In so doing, universities and colleges committed to promoting Black…

Single mothers are one of the most vulnerable groups in societies around the world. In Sweden, the number of women with these care responsibilities has nearly halved over the past two decades. What has caused this change? Are we seeing…

As the world gears up for another thrilling Wimbledon tournament, Dr. Elisabeth Blagrove, a psychologist at The University of Warwick, ponders why Wimbledon has long been considered posh and what it might mean if you prefer tennis over football, particularly…

Do children growing up in a jihadist or right-wing extremist household develop the same extremist views as their parents? That depends in part on broader parenting choices and parenting styles, according to research by the Institute of Security and Global…

Credit: The Conversation As Israel’s offensive in Gaza rages on, people across the entire Gaza Strip find themselves in increasingly dire circumstances, with nearly the entire population experiencing high levels of food insecurity, including malnutrition, hunger and starvation. A famine…

Credit: University of California Within a few months of returning to in-person classes when the COVID-19 pandemic eased in mid-2021, San Francisco public schools found themselves in serious trouble. Brawling group fights seemed to come one after another. Some students—even…