How today’s high school cliques compare to yesterday’s: Researchers study adolescent peer crowds On 2019-01-08 Researchers at the University of Illinois at Chicago, in collaboration with colleagues from the University of Texas at Austin, have […]
Mortality rates rising for Gens X and Y too: Reduced US life expectancy is not just the Baby Boomers On 2018-12-19 Declining life expectancies in the U.S. include Gen X and Y Americans, in addition to the older Baby Boomers. But […]
Sign language reveals the hidden logical structure, and limitations, of spoken language On 2018-11-07 Sign languages can help reveal hidden aspects of the logical structure of spoken language, but they also highlight its limitations […]
You probably made a better first impression than you think On 2018-09-11 After we have conversations with new people, our conversation partners like us and enjoy our company more than we think, […]
Like shark attacks and the lottery, unconscious bias influences cancer screening On 2018-08-17 What do shark attacks, the lottery and ovarian cancer screening having in common? It turns out our judgments about these […]
People love to hate do-gooders, especially at work On 2018-07-23 Sometimes, it doesn’t pay to be a do-gooder, according to a new University of Guelph study. Highly cooperative and generous […]