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Social Behaviour

The 16 Facial Expressions Most Common to Emotional Situations Worldwide

December 17, 2020
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Berkeley, CA — Whether at a birthday party in Brazil, a funeral in Kenya or protests in Hong Kong, humans all use variations of the same facial expressions in similar social contexts, such as smiles,...

Using Play to “school” Children’s Emotions

December 15, 2020
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Geneva, Switzerland — Being socially and emotionally competent from an early age is likely to help children win acceptance by their peers, build better relationships with teachers, and facilitate academic...

Brain Protein Linked to Seizures, Abnormal Social Behaviours

September 1, 2020
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Riverside, CA — A team led by a biomedical scientist at the University of California, Riverside has found a new mechanism responsible for the abnormal development of neuronal connections in the mouse...

New and Diverse Experiences Linked to Enhanced Happiness, New Study Shows

May 19, 2020
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New York, NY — New and diverse experiences are linked to enhanced happiness, and this relationship is associated with greater correlation of brain activity, new research has found. The results, which...

How Experiencing Traumatic Stress Leads to Aggression

May 19, 2020
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Bethesda, MD — Traumatic stress can cause aggression by strengthening two brain pathways involved in emotion, according to research recently published in JNeurosci. Targeting those pathways via deep...

COVID-19: Downside of Social Distancing

April 27, 2020
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Munich, Germany — When faced with danger, humans draw closer together. Social distancing thwarts this impulse. Professor Ophelia Deroy from Ludwigs-Maximilians Universitaet in Munich (LMU) and colleagues...

What are You Looking At? ‘Virtual’ Communication in The Age of Social Distancing

March 30, 2020
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Boca Raton, FL — From health care to education to media, social distancing across the globe due to coronavirus (COVID-19) has created the need to conduct business “virtually” using Skype,...

Study Challenges Assumptions About Social Interaction Difficulties in Autism

January 29, 2020
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Richardson, TX — Autism is characterized in part by an individual’s challenges communicating and interacting socially with others. These difficulties have typically been studied in isolation...

Online Hate Speech Could Be Contained like a Computer Virus, Say Researchers

December 18, 2019
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Cambridge, UK — The spread of hate speech via social media could be tackled using the same “quarantine” approach deployed to combat malicious software, according to University of Cambridge...

US Takes ‘Low Road’ to Growth with Adverse Impact on Wellbeing, Future Prosperity

December 18, 2019
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Burlington, VT — The U.S. economy may be expanding, but it’s taking the low road to growth that undermines wellbeing and may cause economic challenges in the future, according a new study published...

How Does Political News Affect Moods? New Study in Young Doctors Shows Real-Time Effects

December 11, 2019
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Ann Arbor, MI — They work in a bubble of 80-hour work weeks, and 24-hour shifts. They’re caring for patients for the first time, while still learning the ropes of the medical profession. The...

How Extreme Environmental Conditions Affect the Human Brain

December 8, 2019
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Berlin, Germany — Members of a polar research expedition have provided researchers from Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin and the Max Planck Institute for Human Development with an opportunity...

Researchers Investigate Relationship Between Our Body Size and Future Global Calorie Demand

December 8, 2019
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Göttingen, Germany — The amount of food needed to feed the world’s population in the future is of vital importance. To date, scientists have only considered this question from the perspective...

Mommy Drinking Is on the Upswing — but Women Without Children Still Drink More, Says Study

November 27, 2019
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New York, NY — Men and women are continuing to increase binge drinking, regardless of parenting status, according to the latest study at Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health. Men and...

High Levels of Chronic Stress Linked to High Blood Pressure in African-Americans

October 16, 2019
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Dallas, TX — African Americans reporting high levels of chronic stress tended to develop high blood pressure, or hypertension, more often than those who reported low stress levels, according to new...

Impostor Syndrome Is More Common Than You Think; Study Finds Best Way to Cope with It

September 25, 2019
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Provo, UT — The impostor syndrome, a phenomenon that manifests when people feel like frauds even if they are actually capable and well-qualified, affects people both in the workplace and in the classroom....

Perception of Musical Pitch Varies Across Cultures

September 20, 2019
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Cambridge, MA — People who are accustomed to listening to Western music, which is based on a system of notes organized in octaves, can usually perceive the similarity between notes that are same but...

Scientists Identify a Personality Feature That Could Predict How Often You Exercise

September 20, 2019
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Washington, DC — Individuals who make concrete plans to meet their goals may engage in more physical activity, including visits to the gym, compared to those who don’t plan quite so far ahead,...

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