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2-Oct-2023 3:05 PM EDT
Female chess players may experience gender bias from parents, mentors
American Psychological Association (APA)

Young female chess players often face gender bias both in the male-dominated chess world and among parents and mentors who believe girls have less potential to succeed in chess than boys, according to research published by the American Psychological Association.

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Released: 3-Oct-2023 12:05 PM EDT
Professor and Paralympic Champion Paves the Way for Inclusiveness to be Center Court in Tennis
University of Northern Colorado

For the past three years, Scott Douglas, Ph.D., Kinesiology, Nutrition and Dietetics professor and a 2000 Paralympic Games bronze medalist, has been coaching two high school wheelchair athletes from Boulder.

Released: 3-Oct-2023 11:05 AM EDT
Organizing can give tenants power to effect change
Cornell University

In new research, Jamila Michener, associate professor of government, demonstrates how people within racially and economically marginalized communities can, through organizing, build political power in response to poor living conditions.

Newswise: Five Questions with UAlbany Expert on Sports Betting, Problem Gambling
Released: 3-Oct-2023 10:05 AM EDT
Five Questions with UAlbany Expert on Sports Betting, Problem Gambling
University at Albany, State University of New York

Dolores Cimini, a licensed psychologist and director of the Center for Behavioral Health Promotion and Applied Research at the University at Albany and senior research scientist in the Department of Educational and Counseling Psychology.

Released: 3-Oct-2023 6:05 AM EDT
Study introduces new internet addiction spectrum: where are you on the scale?
University of Surrey

Young people (24 years and younger) spend an average of six hours a day online, primarily using their smartphones, according to research from the University of Surrey. Older people (those 24 years and older) spend 4.6 hours online.

Released: 1-Oct-2023 5:00 AM EDT
Largest-Ever Genetic Study of Suicide Finds New Risk Factors
University of Utah Health

The reasons why people attempt suicide are complex and include external triggers like trauma and stress, as well as inherited genetic factors. A new study has identified 12 DNA variants, or variations in the human genetic code, that are associated with risk of attempting suicide.

27-Sep-2023 12:05 PM EDT
Increased risk of depression and anxiety when in higher education
University College London

Young people who are in higher education in England face a small increased risk of depression and anxiety, compared to their peers who are not attending higher education, finds a new study led by UCL researchers.

Newswise: Students reimagine U.S. housing in 24 hours
Released: 28-Sep-2023 12:05 PM EDT
Students reimagine U.S. housing in 24 hours
University of Utah

Ivory Innovations announces three winners of Hack-A-House, a 24-hour “hackathon” created to engage students in proposing innovative solutions to address the housing affordability crisis.

Released: 28-Sep-2023 8:00 AM EDT
For the lonely, a blurred line between real and fictional people
Ohio State University

In lonely people, the boundary between real friends and favorite fictional characters gets blurred in the part of the brain that is active when thinking about others, a new study found.

Newswise: Your Zoom background might influence the first impression you make
21-Sep-2023 10:30 AM EDT
Your Zoom background might influence the first impression you make
PLOS

In a new study, participants tended to judge faces appearing against backgrounds featuring houseplants or bookcases as more trustworthy and competent than faces with a living space or a novelty image behind them.

Released: 27-Sep-2023 12:50 PM EDT
Stay informed on women's health issues in the Women's Health channel
Newswise

Below are some of the latest headlines in the Women's Health channel on Newswise.

Released: 27-Sep-2023 10:05 AM EDT
MSU researchers receive grant to use AI for supporting students with developmental disabilities
Michigan State University

Developmental disabilities affect one in every six children, including conditions such as autism and attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder, or ADHD.

25-Sep-2023 9:45 AM EDT
Swimming lessons often discourage kids from just having fun in the pool
Frontiers

Researchers rated the teaching style of swimming teachers in the Netherlands, focusing on the degree to which the need for autonomy, competence, and relatedness of children were thwarted or supported on the whole.

   
Newswise: Ecological theory can help explain why segregation persists
Released: 26-Sep-2023 4:05 PM EDT
Ecological theory can help explain why segregation persists
Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies

An ecological theory may help to explain why segregation is so widespread and persistent in US cities, according to a paper published today in Buildings and Cities.

Newswise: Understanding how choice overload in ChatGPT recommendations impacts decision-making
Released: 26-Sep-2023 3:05 PM EDT
Understanding how choice overload in ChatGPT recommendations impacts decision-making
Ritsumeikan University

Over the past few years, the field of artificial intelligence (AI) has witnessed numerous breakthroughs. One such remarkable milestone was the development and adoption of chatbots and conversational agents based on large language models, including ChatGPT.

Newswise: Mindfulness programs help minoritized youth develop healthy coping skills, study shows
Released: 26-Sep-2023 2:05 PM EDT
Mindfulness programs help minoritized youth develop healthy coping skills, study shows
College of Agricultural, Consumer and Environmental Sciences, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

Educational programs that promote mental and physical health can help young people – particularly in environments of chronic stress and trauma exposure – learn healthy coping strategies, avoid risky behaviors, and succeed in school.

Newswise: Black bisexual women in rural areas are at highest risk for suicidal behaviors
Released: 26-Sep-2023 10:05 AM EDT
Black bisexual women in rural areas are at highest risk for suicidal behaviors
Penn State College of Medicine

Penn State College of Medicine researchers said they conducted a “first-of-its-kind study,” revealing how various demographic factors intersect to affect a person’s risk of having suicidal thoughts and behaviors.

   
Newswise: Naming and Shaming Can be Effective to Get Countries to Act on Climate
Released: 25-Sep-2023 5:05 PM EDT
Naming and Shaming Can be Effective to Get Countries to Act on Climate
University of California San Diego

Enforcement is one of the biggest challenges to international cooperation on mitigating climate change in the Paris Agreement. The agreement has no formal enforcement mechanism; instead, it is designed to be transparent so countries that fail to meet their obligations will be named and thus shamed into changing behavior.

Released: 25-Sep-2023 1:05 PM EDT
Family Planning and the Fear of Missing Out
Rutgers University-New Brunswick

Rutgers study finds among regretful parents, fear of missing out is a key motivator for having children

Released: 25-Sep-2023 11:05 AM EDT
"Barbie" is strong on entertainment value, soft on social change, says Virginia Tech expert
Virginia Tech

The “Barbie” buzz continues, even months after the blockbuster movie’s release. The box office record-breaking film now is available to rent or buy through various video on demand platforms, including Prime Video and Apple TV.

21-Sep-2023 12:00 PM EDT
Companies may benefit from transparency about racial diversity efforts
American Psychological Association (APA)

Companies that reveal their struggles to increase racial diversity in their workforces are perceived as more trustworthy and committed to diversity than companies that remain silent, according to research published by the American Psychological Association.

   
Released: 25-Sep-2023 8:00 AM EDT
Political independents are more negative than partisans
Ohio State University

In this era of extreme partisanship, the people who express the most negativity in their political choices are those we may least expect: independents.

Newswise: Negative “Retweets” Appear to Add to Voter Fraud Conspiracy Theories
Released: 22-Sep-2023 9:55 AM EDT
Negative “Retweets” Appear to Add to Voter Fraud Conspiracy Theories
Stony Brook University

A team of behavioral scientists using big data and a simulation-based model to analyze social media “tweets” around the 2020 presidential election found that the spread of voter fraud conspiracy theories on Twitter (now called X) was boosted by a negativity bias.

Newswise: FSU researcher uncovers how stereotypes about brilliance shape women’s decisions to study psychology or philosophy
Released: 21-Sep-2023 12:05 PM EDT
FSU researcher uncovers how stereotypes about brilliance shape women’s decisions to study psychology or philosophy
Florida State University

By: Patty Cox | Published: September 21, 2023 | 11:53 am | SHARE: Even though women in high school and college tend to outperform men academically, they still internalize the stereotype that brilliance is more linked to men.

Released: 21-Sep-2023 9:55 AM EDT
How Racism Shapes Black Motherhood in the U.S.
North Carolina State University

Being a mom is hard. Being a Black mom is especially hard. A new study underscores the ways that being a Black mother in the United States involves navigating aspects of parenthood that are explicitly tied to dealing with anti-Black racism.

Released: 20-Sep-2023 2:05 PM EDT
Newfound brain circuit explains why infant cries prompt milk release
NYU Langone Health

Hearing the sound of a newborn’s wail can trigger the release of oxytocin, a brain chemical that controls breast-milk release in mothers, a new study in rodents shows.

Released: 20-Sep-2023 1:30 PM EDT
Study finds firearm injuries increased in gentrified neighborhoods
Brigham and Women’s Hospital

Gentrification can have a ripple effect on communities. While it can improve certain conditions in typically low-income areas, rising housing costs can displace residents, causing social disruption and other downstream effects.

Released: 19-Sep-2023 2:05 PM EDT
At which age we are at our happiest
Ruhr-Universität Bochum

In their study, the researchers examined trends in subjective well-being over the lifespan based on 443 samples from longitudinal studies with a total of 460,902 participants.

Released: 19-Sep-2023 10:20 AM EDT
Preschoolers show cultural differences in generosity, competitiveness
Washington State University

In a set of sharing experiments, Spanish-speaking Latino preschoolers were more likely to choose options that would be more generous to others, even over a more equal sharing choice.

Released: 15-Sep-2023 6:05 AM EDT
All work and no play will really make a dull life - new research reveals
University of Essex

The study across three countries led by the Department of Psychology’s Dr Paul Hanel discovered people who prioritised achievement over enjoyment were less happy on the next day.

Released: 11-Sep-2023 11:05 AM EDT
What’s love got to do with it? An exception to the recognition of musical themes
Yale University

New Haven, Conn. — Music can take on many forms in cultures across the globe, but Yale researchers have found in a new study that some themes are universally recognizable by people everywhere with one notable exception — love songs.

Released: 11-Sep-2023 8:05 AM EDT
Study Sheds Light on Increased Reports of Suicidal Behavior in Teens
North Carolina State University

Reports of increasing suicidal behaviors in children in the decade leading up to the COVID pandemic suggest there was already a mental health crisis.

Released: 8-Sep-2023 12:05 PM EDT
Probing the unimaginable: New data help to understand the nature of aphantasia
Institut du Cerveau (Paris Brain Institute)

The ability to visualize faces, objects, landscapes, or even scenes from the past exists on a spectrum. While some can picture the layout of a city in minute detail and mentally walk through it, street by street, others have a perfectly blank internal cinema.

   
Newswise: They fall more easily for conspiracy theories
Released: 8-Sep-2023 11:05 AM EDT
They fall more easily for conspiracy theories
Linkoping University

People who primarily use their own gut feeling to determine what is true and false are more likely to believe conspiracy theories. That is the conclusion of researchers at Linköping University, Sweden, who have investigated the relationship between susceptibility to misleading information and the conviction that the truth is relative.

Released: 8-Sep-2023 11:05 AM EDT
Moral reasoning displays characteristic patterns in the brain
University of California, Santa Barbara

Every day we encounter circumstances we consider wrong: a starving child, a corrupt politician, an unfaithful partner, a fraudulent scientist. These examples highlight several moral issues, including matters of care, fairness and betrayal. But does anything unite them all?

Newswise: A finer picture of global migration reveals complex patterns
5-Sep-2023 7:00 AM EDT
A finer picture of global migration reveals complex patterns
Aalto University

New research shows that socio-economic factors play a larger role than climate

   
Released: 7-Sep-2023 9:00 AM EDT
What the wealthy consider 'fair' may not be equal to others
University of Michigan

Wealthy Americans have distinct preferences regarding fairness, with a greater willingness to accept inequalities relative to the general public, according to a new University of Michigan study.

Released: 5-Sep-2023 12:20 PM EDT
Active children are more resilient
University of Basel

The school year has hardly begun and the first exams are already approaching. According to findings by researchers from the University of Basel, school children cope better with the stress if they get plenty of daily exercise.

Released: 5-Sep-2023 12:15 PM EDT
Study confirms it: Opposites don't actually attract
University of Colorado Boulder

Opposites don’t actually attract. That’s the takeaway from a sweeping CU Boulder analysis of more than 130 traits and including millions of couples over more than a century.

Released: 5-Sep-2023 12:10 PM EDT
Does a “surprise” factor in gift-giving affect beneficiaries’ gratitude? Scientists answer
Sophia University

Gratitude is a strong emotion, usually felt by a person who benefits from an intentional good deed of another person.

Released: 5-Sep-2023 8:05 AM EDT
New initiatives respond to trends in youth behavior
CFES Brilliant Pathways

CFES professionals gathered at planning retreat last week to discuss new strategies needed to keep up with post-pandemic changes to continue to prepare students for education and the workplace.

Newswise: “Nurturing Emotional Intelligence with the Humanities” Seminar
Released: 31-Aug-2023 8:55 AM EDT
“Nurturing Emotional Intelligence with the Humanities” Seminar
Chulalongkorn University

The Faculty of Arts, in collaboration with Chulalongkorn University’s Office of International Affairs and Global Network, and UNESCO, will co-host a seminar on “Nurturing Emotional Intelligence with the Humanities” on September 7, 2023, from 9:00-12:00 hrs.

Released: 30-Aug-2023 6:05 PM EDT
When the Gig is Up; Gig Workers Don’t Always Trust Their Boss and That Might Be a Good Thing
University of New Hampshire

Researchers from the University of New Hampshire took a closer look at gig workers – which include freelancers, independent contractors and temporary workers – and examined relationships between workers and their managers and found that one trait, trust, could be a double-edged sword.

   
Released: 30-Aug-2023 2:55 PM EDT
Neighbors can influence your decision to buy solar panels
École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL)

If you’re a homeowner, have a high-level job, and have friends or family members with solar panels, chances are that you’ve got them, too.

Released: 30-Aug-2023 2:05 PM EDT
Alcohol makes you more likely to approach attractive people but doesn’t make others seem better looking: Study
Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs

It’s “liquid courage,” not necessarily “beer goggles”: New research indicates that consuming alcohol makes you more likely to approach people you already find attractive but does not make others appear more attractive, according to a report in the Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs.

   


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