From the USC press release via HealthCanal: Adding social gaming elements to a behavior tracking program led people to exercise more frequently and helped them decrease their body-mass index, according to new research from the…
From the University of Missouri press release: In December of last year the New York Post published images of a man about to be killed by a train while several bystanders did little to help…
From the University of Copenhagen press release via ScienceDaily: Web tools and social media are our key sources of information when we make decisions as citizens and consumers. But these information technologies can mislead us…
From the Oxford press release via HealthCanal: Too much social media activity may damage strong relationships, according to a new study by Dr Bernie Hogan of the Oxford Internet Institute. The study found increasing use…
From the Virginia Tech press release via AlphaGalileo: Researchers discovered that healthy people and those with borderline personality disorder displayed different patterns of behavior while playing an online strategy game, so much so that when…
From the Cell Press press release via EurekAlert!: When a child with autism copies the actions of an adult, he or she is likely to omit anything “silly” about what they’ve just seen. In contrast,…
From the University of Alabama Huntsville press release via Newswise: Maybe the boss’ staff meeting shouldn’t be such a boring snooze, but rather a more structured event to improve the performance of the team, new…
From the University of Michigan press release by Diane Swanbrow via HealthCanal: You’re not done with high school when you go to college, according to a new study of student culture. An in-depth look at…
From the Proceedings of the Royal Society B press release via HealthCanal: Neighbours playing loud music is an example of where a social dilemma can arise about who should tackle the wrong-doer if a whole…
From the Cornell University press release via Newswise: With a dizzying number of ties in our social networks – that your Aunt Alice is a neighbor of Muhammad who is married to Natasha who is…