From the Lancaster University press release: General smartphone usage is a poor predictor of anxiety, depression or stress say researchers, who advise caution when it comes to digital detoxes. The… Read more »
From the Yale-NUS College press release: From climate change to the ongoing pandemic and beyond, the issues facing today’s world are increasingly complex and dynamic. Yet solving problems like these… Read more »
From the Virginia Tech press release: Your high school friends may have had a bigger influence on your behavior than you once thought. Prior studies about peer pressure have focused… Read more »
From the University of Exeter press release: People borrowing money for the first time should only be given small amounts until they have proved their competence, a new study says…. Read more »
From the University College London press release: People who are dogmatic about their views seek less information and make less accurate judgements as a result, even on simple matters unrelated… Read more »
From the Stockholm University press release: New Year’s Eve is coming up, a holiday when many people choose to make a New Year’s resolution. They may be hard to keep,… Read more »
From the University of Colorado at Boulder press release: “Put your phone away!” “No more video games!” “Ten more minutes of YouTube and you’re done!” Kids growing up in the… Read more »
From the Wiley press release: A study published in Ecological Applications suggests that nature around one’s home may help mitigate some of the negative mental health effects of the COVID-19 pandemic. An… Read more »
From the Data Science Institute at Columbia press release: DSI postdoctoral fellow Sandrine Müller uses smartphone sensor data to study human behavior. A research team led by Sandrine Müller, a… Read more »
From the Rice University press release: Rice University researchers have discovered a more efficient way for social media companies to keep misinformation from spreading online using probabilistic filters trained with… Read more »
