COVID-19: Domestic Violence Up, Traffic Stops and Burglaries Down
Study Shows Domestic Violence Reports on the Rise As COVID-19 Keeps People at Home UCLA-led analysis of calls to police in LA, Indianapolis also shows…
Behavioral Science
Chimpanzee Lip-Smacks Help Trace the Evolution of Human Speech Back to Ancient Ancestors
Chimpanzee lip-smacks exhibit a speech-like rhythm, a group of researchers led by the University of Warwick have found. They found chimpanzees produce lip-smacks at a…
How Touching Is Perceived in the Brain – Investigated With Two-Person MRI Scans on Couples
An MRI in each other’s arms shows how physical contact alters the brains of couples. Researchers at Aalto University and Turku PET Centre have developed…
Do Opposites Really Attract? Not According to Science
Everyone seems to agree that opposites attract. Young and old people, happy and distressed couples, single folks and married partners – all apparently buy the…
Drunkorexia Is Damaging and Dangerous, Yet Very Common With Female College Students
Around 1 in 3 female university students report saving calories for binge drinking episodes. Mojito, appletini, or a simple glass of fizz – they may…
Spouses Can Alter Each Other’s Brain Activity When Co-Parenting
Physical presence of spouse alters how parents’ brains respond to stimuli from children. A study led by Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore) researchers has…
Learning What’s Dangerous Is Costly: Unlocking Fear Response of Social Animals
What would you do if the person standing next to you would suddenly scream and run away? Would you be able to carry on calmly…
COVID-19 Baby Boom? Not According to a New Study
Over 80% of people surveyed in a study do not plan to conceive during the COVID-19 crisis, perhaps putting to rest suggestions that the lockdown…
Smartphones Are Digital Truth Serum – Here’s Why
Researchers from University of Pennsylvania published a new paper in the Journal of Marketing that explains that the device people use to communicate can affect the extent…
COVID-19: The Greater Threat to Society of Social Distancing
When faced with danger, humans draw closer together. Social distancing thwarts this impulse. LMU’s Professor Ophelia Deroy and colleagues argue that this dilemma poses a…
Web of Psychological Cues – Why People Readily Divulge Private Information Online
While most people will say they are extremely concerned with their online privacy, previous experiments have shown that, in practice, users readily divulge private information…
8 Pitfalls That Must Be Addressed to Combat the COVID-19 Pandemic
Commentary by Princeton University and Sunnybrook Research Institute highlights eight behavioral challenges to COVID-19. During any crisis, timely, and sometimes life-altering, decisions must be made,…
Controlling Coronavirus and Harmful Pests on a Global Scale by Countries Working Together
Arizona State University researcher explores pests, parasites, diseases on a global scale. Countries looking to contain the spread of harmful species and diseases like COVID-19…
Why Quarantines Are So Difficult to Implement: Lessons From the 1800s
Coronavirus response echoes isolation measures, economic uncertainty in 19th-century Hawaii. More than a hundred years ago, disease immunizations often seemed like something out of a low-budget…
Self-Quarantine Compliance Tied to Compensation in Israel
In February 2020, the Israeli government issued emergency rules to contain the spread of COVID-19, ordering individuals considered as exposed to COVID-19 to self-quarantine. This…
False Memories of Crime Appear Real to Others When Told
People are no better than chance at identifying when someone else is recounting a false or real memory of a crime, according to a new…
Students Did Better on Test When They Listened to Beethoven During Lecture – And in Dreamland
But scores on the material nine months later dropped to ‘floor level,’ Baylor University study finds. College students who listened to classical music by Beethoven…
Fleeing Nazis Shaped Austrian Politics for Generations After World War II
A new study in The Economic Journal, published by Oxford University Press, suggests that migrating extremists can shape political developments in their destination regions for generations….