Brain Shrinkage: Your Neighborhood May Affect Your Brain Health
Study finds evidence of more brain aging in people living in disadvantaged areas. Middle-age and older people living in more disadvantaged neighborhoods — areas with…
Sociology
Why Pedestrians Need to Be on the Lookout for Expensive Cars
Drivers of expensive cars are less likely to yield for pedestrians in UNLV study. Researchers also found that motorists overall yielded less frequently for men…
If You Want to Live Longer, Stay in School
Life expectancy in the United States has been in decline for the first time in decades, and public health officials have identified a litany of…
New Yale Study Reveals That Gun Violence is a ‘Contagious’ Social Epidemic
New research from Yale University reveals how gun violence spreads over social networks through a process of social contagion. Gun violence is often described as…
The Role of Genetics Varies Over Time
New research from Yale University shows that the effect of genes may depend on the total, historical environment in which the researcher and subject are…
Yale Study Shows Links between Smoking and Education
A newly published study from Yale University reveals that the links between smoking and education in adulthood are in fact explained by characteristics and choices…
Sexual Frequency between Married Couples Linked to Household Chores
A new study from the University of Washington shows that sex between married couples is linked to what types of chores each spouse completes. Married…