Chance, not ideology, drives political polarization
Ever-widening divisions between Democrats and Republicans are believed to reflect deeply rooted ideological differences, but a new study points to a radically different interpretation: it may be mostly...
View ArticleNew MIT paper outlines plan to fight election interference
One of the most urgent threats facing our democracy and other democracies abroad is the ability to detect and thwart foreign election interference. But, research on election interference is scarce,...
View ArticleBattery icons shape perceptions of time and space and define user identities
New research from Cass Business School has found that battery icons on mobile phones shape how people view time and space, and how battery conservation practices define user identities. The study of...
View ArticleImpostor syndrome is more common than you think; Study finds best way to cope...
The impostor syndrome, a phenomenon that manifests when people feel like frauds even if they are actually capable and well-qualified, affects people both in the workplace and in the classroom. A new...
View ArticleStressed out: Americans making themselves sick over politics
Never-ending campaigns, social media, 24-hour news cycles. Politics are impossible to escape, even for the casual observer. But are policy fights and polarization more than a headache in the collective...
View ArticleGendered play in hunter-gatherer children strongly influenced by community...
The gendered play of children from two hunter-gatherer societies is strongly influenced by the demographics of their communities and the gender roles modelled by the adults around them, a new study...
View ArticleStudy identifies psychology of attraction to religious deities and superheroes
A new psychological study published by University of Otago researchers has addressed centuries-old questions about how and why supernatural beings are worshiped. The “Mickey Mouse problem” commonly...
View ArticleSociety’s tendency to denigrate kids these days is a ‘memory tic,’ says...
They’re leaders in important social, environmental and political movements, finding ways to tackle the most pressing issues of our time, from climate change to gun violence. One even stood up to the...
View ArticleStudy shows class bias in hiring based on few seconds of speech
Candidates at job interviews expect to be evaluated on their experience, conduct, and ideas, but a new study by Yale researchers provides evidence that interviewees are judged based on their social...
View ArticleStepping up the science of street protests
A surge in street protests since the election of President Donald Trump nearly three years ago has scholars struggling to find new methods to study this form of social activism, according to a new...
View ArticleScreen-based media associated with structural differences in brains of young...
A new study documents structural differences in the brains of preschool-age children related to screen-based media use. The study, published in JAMA Pediatrics, shows that children who have more screen...
View ArticleInnovative study produces first experimental evidence linking math anxiety,...
Math anxiety is far from uncommon, but too often, those who dread the subject simply avoid it. Research from the University of Chicago offers new evidence for the link between math anxiety and...
View ArticleHusbands’ stress increases if wives earn more than 40 per cent of household...
Husbands are least stressed when their wives earn up to 40% of household income but they become increasingly uncomfortable as their spouse’s wages rise beyond that point and are most stressed when they...
View ArticleStudy finds Indigenous culture boosts children’s outcomes
The research, published in the International Journal of Intercultural Relations, analysed data from Australia’s Longitudinal Study of Indigenous Children to better understand the link between the...
View ArticleResearch: A country’s degree of gender equality can affect men’s ability to...
Our ability to recognize faces is a complex interplay of neurobiology, environment and contextual cues. Now a study from Harvard Medical School suggests that country-to-country variations in...
View ArticleYou create your own false information, study finds
Along with partisan news outlets and political blogs, there’s another surprising source of misinformation on controversial topics—it’s you. A new study found that people given accurate statistics on a...
View ArticleIn a split second, clothes make the man more competent in the eyes of others
People perceive a person’s competence partly based on subtle economic cues emanating from the person’s clothing, according to a study published in Nature Human Behaviour by Princeton University. These...
View ArticleInterdisciplinary study reveals new insights into the evolution of sign...
A new study, published in Royal Society Open Science, sheds light on the origins and evolution of European sign languages. Using phylogenetic network methods to compare dozens of sign languages, the...
View ArticleStudy: Activism and civil disobedience help communicate the science of...
A group of the world’s top climate change biologists, including Professor Pete Smith from the University of Aberdeen, have published an editorial highlighting how global movements of civil disobedience...
View ArticleHigh school GPAs are stronger predictors of college graduation than ACT scores
Students’ high school grade point averages are five times stronger than their ACT scores at predicting college graduation, according to a new study published today in Educational Researcher, a...
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