As you swipe on your smartphone throughout the day, checking your email or buying something online, you’re leaving behind clues about how your brain makes decisions—and new research out of the University of Alberta shows […]
Cultural traits—the information, beliefs, behaviors, customs, and practices that shape the character of a population—are influenced by conformity, the tendency to align with others, or anti-conformity, the choice to deliberately diverge. A new way to […]
People who are goal-oriented tend to have better outcomes in life partly because having a “sense of purpose” is a skill that can yield positive results.This post was originally published on this site
A new study, by researchers from Lancaster University and the University of British Columbia (UBC) in Canada, has uncovered considerable “sexual inconsistency” between people’s sexual identity or attraction and whether they are in a same-sex […]
The kids and grandkids of immigrants to the United States usually lose the ability to speak their heritage language fluently. Without access to the heritage language, second- and third-generation Americans may use distinct words and […]
The seafood industry is known for its complex global supply chains and diverse market offerings, which can make accurate labeling a challenging task. Now, a study from Schmid College of Science and Technology at Chapman […]
A study of 10 British motherhood influencers suggests they often deliberately share pictures of their children on Instagram, with strong trust in the safety of doing so. Katherine Baxter of Liverpool Hope University, U.K., and […]
Socio-economic disparities are often reflected in, and exacerbated by, inequities in access to transportation, green spaces, local services and general community safety. To address these issues, the CoLLaboratoire for Activating Multi-modal Mobility (CAMMM) research project […]
In a study of characters from the Marvel and DC cinematic universes, the amount of potentially traumatic events a character experienced in childhood—as measured by a real-life questionnaire—had no bearing on whether they were a […]
Across the country, academics, journalists and researchers are mapping their state’s news and information ecosystems.This post was originally published on this site
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