Social Sciences

Earlier this year I gave a talk about my research at Oxford’s All Souls College, and worked with a chef to design an accompanying menu.This post was originally published on this site

Sexual arousal can lead to “tunnel vision” that makes it more difficult to recognize when someone is just not that into you, according to new research in Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin.This post was originally […]

Making sure that employees are properly credited for their ideas can go a long way toward improving workplace culture, a University of Toronto Scarborough study has found.This post was originally published on this site

New research led by Prof. Gurit Birnbaum, a researcher of sexuality in close relationships at Reichman University’s Baruch Ivcher School of Psychology, and conducted in collaboration with her graduate student Kobi Zholtack and Prof. Harry […]

The “love hormone” oxytocin (OT) plays a role not only in moments of intimacy but also in competitive situations. Researchers at the University of Zurich (UZH) have shown that OT levels increase when rivalry or […]

A new analysis of inter-family marriages in the mafia-type organized crime group ‘Ndrangheta, suggests that matrimonial ties between non-powerful families may play a previously under-appreciated role in maintaining the resilience of the entire ‘Ndrangheta network. […]

Researchers at the University of Vermont have uncovered a powerful new insight about how language works—one that overturns a cornerstone assumption in psychology, linguistics, and artificial intelligence that has stood for more than 70 years.This […]

Across Australia, universities and governments say increasing the numbers of Indigenous graduates is one of the main priorities in tertiary education.This post was originally published on this site

Researchers from University of California San Diego Herbert Wertheim School of Public Health and Human Longevity Science have found that recent federal grant terminations targeting research on health equity and gender identity have disproportionately affected […]

Across the UK, working-class boys are navigating an unprecedented convergence of pressures. There are entrenched gaps between working-class boys and their peers in their levels of attainment at every stage of education.This post was originally […]