From the University of Kansas press release: Echoing concerns that grew with the World Wide Web itself a decade earlier, the rise of social media has stoked fears of “social displacement” — the alienation of…
From the Anglia Ruskin University press release: To want to be a social entrepreneur, empathy is not enough for millennials. They need to feel confident in their ability to solve social problems and feel valued…
From the Oregon State University press release: How a person responds to a difficult life event such as a death or divorce helps shape the development of their wisdom over time, a new study from…
From the Dartmouth College press release: You may perceive the world the way your friends do, according to a Dartmouth study finding that friends have similar neural responses to real-world stimuli and these similarities can…
From the Anglia Ruskin University press release: People may be more likely to stick to taking exercise if they walk in groups, according to a paper published in the International Journal of Technology Assessment in Health…
From the University of California – Riverside press release: Pick a hand, any hand. That familiar refrain, repeated in schoolyards the world over, is the basis of a simple guessing game that was recently adapted…
From the Taylor & Francis Group press release: Teenagers are far more critical users of social media than we give them credit for, and need to be better supported in reaping the benefits social media…
From the University of Leiden press release: Previous research has shown that extreme shyness is hereditary, but because shyness is such a broad concept it is difficult to identify specific genes. Anita Harrewijn has discovered…
From the University of Washington press release: Touch is the first of the five senses to develop, yet scientists know far less about the baby’s brain response to touch than to, say, the sight of…
From the Hokkaido University press release: Punishment might not be an effective means to get members of society to cooperate for the common good, according to a social dilemma experiment. A game to study human…