Category: Behaviour

Study suggests drivers find it harder to ignore a ringing phone than to ignore the risk

From the Queensland University of Technology press release: Drivers find it difficult to ignore a ringing phone but they do ignore the dangers, with a new QUT study revealing almost 50… Read more »

Contagious yawning more closely associated with perceptual sensitivity than empathy

From the Tohoku University press release: Contagious yawning is a universal phenomenon, but why it happens remains a mystery. A new study out of Tohoku University suggests that contrary to… Read more »

Sleep may influence an eyewitness’s ability to identify guilty person

From the Michigan State University press release: Sleep may influence an eyewitness’s ability to correctly pick a guilty person out of a police lineup, indicates a study by Michigan State University… Read more »

Study suggests understanding perceptions of reputation, identity offers opportunity

From the University of Notre Dame press release: Though we are taught from an early age not to judge others, we can use our perceptions of others to work toward positive… Read more »

Scents and social preference: Neuroscientists ID the roots of attraction

From the University of California – San Diego press release: A baby lamb is separated from its family. Somehow, in vast herds of sheep that look virtually identical, the lost youngling… Read more »

Study finds machine learning can predict aspects of attraction, but not the perfect soul mate

From the University of Utah press release: Dating websites often claim attraction between two people can be predicted from the right combination of traits and preferences, but a new study casts… Read more »

Study suggests romance and affection top most popular sexual behaviours

From the Indiana University press release: Researchers at the Indiana University School of Public Health-Bloomington and the Center for Sexual Health Promotion have published a new U.S. nationally representative study… Read more »