Category: Communication

Study suggests screen time hasn’t affected kids’ ability to read facial cues

From the UCLA press release: Are today’s children, who grew up with mobile technology from birth, worse at reading emotions and picking up cues from people’s faces than children who… Read more »

Study suggests time on screens has little impact on kids’ social skills

From the Ohio State University press release: Despite the time spent with smartphones and social media, young people today are just as socially skilled as those from the previous generation,… Read more »

Study looks at how AI can help people communicate during a pandemic

From the Cornell University press release: Daily life during a pandemic means social distancing and finding new ways to remotely connect with friends, family and co-workers. And as we communicate… Read more »

Study looks at how social media makes it difficult to identify real news

From the Ohio State University press release: There’s a price to pay when you get your news and political information from the same place you find funny memes and cat… Read more »

Study suggests validation may be best way to support stressed out friends and family

From the Penn State press release: In uncertain times, supporting your friends and family can help them make it through. But your comforting words can have different effects based on… Read more »

Study looks at ‘virtual’ communication in the age of social distancing

From the Florida Atlantic University press release: From health care to education to media, social distancing across the globe due to coronavirus (COVID-19) has created the need to conduct business… Read more »

Study suggests children have very precise expectations about adults’ communicative actions

From the Universitat Pompeu Fabra – Barcelona press release: Adults talk to babies differently from how we would speak to other adults. Compared to how adults speak, speech directed at… Read more »

Study suggests more information doesn’t necessarily help people make better decisions

From the Stevens Institute of Technology press release: Making everyday decisions seems easy enough. People know basic information about health and finances that they can use to inform their decision… Read more »