Social Sciences

Richard Weissbourd and Kiran Bhai are part of the leadership team at Making Caring Common, a Harvard Ed School initiative focused on making moral and social development a priority in child-raising. In this article, they […]

Violence against women remains one of the world’s most persistent and under-addressed human rights crises, with very little progress in two decades, according to a landmark report released today by the World Health Organization (WHO) […]

Life can put strain on any couple’s relationship. But mindfulness could help keep it strong, according to a recent study from the University of Georgia published in Child & Family Social Work.This post was originally […]

A new study challenges the idea that language stems from a single evolutionary root. Instead, it proposes that our ability to communicate evolved through the interaction of biology and culture, and involves multiple capacities, each […]

Humans bring gender biases to their interactions with Artificial Intelligence (AI), according to new research from Trinity College Dublin and Ludwig-Maximilians Universität (LMU) Munich.This post was originally published on this site

Exposure to housing hardship before the age of 5 may influence “housing insecurity” in early adulthood, according to Rutgers-led research.This post was originally published on this site

If “Batman” appears on the scene, we immediately become more altruistic: in fact, research conducted by psychologists from the Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Milan, shows that the sudden appearance of something unexpected—Batman—disrupts the predictability […]

Imagine you’re in southeast Cape York Peninsula, heading north from the tiny town of Laura—population 133. You’re in a dusty four-wheel drive, bumping over a rough gravel road to a remote location known only to […]

The prevalence of adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) among homeless services workers is associated with career burnout and secondary traumatic stress, according to a new study by a University at Buffalo social work researcher.This post was […]

Throughout history, humans have produced creative solutions to make parenting easier. Today, that might look like smart socks that measure your baby’s vital signs while sleeping or electronic swings that soothe them while you’re trying […]