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Released: 23-Mar-2022 12:15 PM EDT
Powerful people feel, express less gratitude
Cornell University

Powerful people in the upper echelons of organizations have plenty to be grateful for, but new Cornell University research indicates that higher-power individuals feel and express less gratitude to their subordinates.

   
17-Mar-2022 1:00 PM EDT
Lesbian and Bisexual Women at Elevated Risk of Problem Drinking but Lack Appropriate, Effective Treatment Options
Research Society on Alcoholism

Many lesbian and bisexual women lack access to culturally sensitive and effective alcohol and mental health treatments, according to a new study. The findings suggest that sexual minority women (SMW), especially younger women, women of color, and those with low incomes, face multiple barriers to addressing problematic alcohol use. Previous research has shown that SMW experience higher rates of problem drinking and its negative consequences than heterosexual women. This partly reflects the impact of discrimination and its associated stress. Yet SMW appear relatively unlikely to seek help, and when they do, are less satisfied with it, for reasons including a lack of identity-affirming care and provider bias. Better understanding of SMW’s recognition of alcohol problems, motivation to reduce drinking, and treatment experiences — important influences on outcomes — as well as how their alcohol experiences vary by demographic characteristics can potentially help identify women at risk and in

   
22-Mar-2022 9:45 AM EDT
Arts activities may reduce antisocial behavior among teenagers
University of Florida

Teenagers who take part in arts and cultural activities, such as dance, drama, reading and going to concerts, are less likely to engage in antisocial and criminalized behavior up to two years later, according to a new study by University College London and University of Florida researchers.

Released: 22-Mar-2022 3:45 PM EDT
Women Managers Competitively Advocate for Subordinates, Study Shows
University of Maryland, Robert H. Smith School of Business

Maryland Smith researchers show that when advocating for subordinates, male or female, women become as competitive as men at work. Men, comparatively tend to advocate more strongly for other men.

   
Newswise: Universality observed in preference for color composition in paintings
Released: 22-Mar-2022 3:05 PM EDT
Universality observed in preference for color composition in paintings
Toyohashi University of Technology

Professor Shigeki Nakauchi's research team at Toyohashi University of Technology worked with researchers from the University of Minho (Braga, Portugal) to examine preferences for color composition particitated by Japanese and Portuguese people for Japanese and Occidental paintings through experiments using the original paintings and paintings with artificially altered color compositions.

Released: 22-Mar-2022 2:45 PM EDT
Does youth tobacco use drop after cities ban flavored tobacco sales?
Massachusetts General Hospital

In a special communication published in Tobacco Control, investigators report finding considerable weaknesses in a previous analysis of San Francisco data suggesting that flavored tobacco bans applied to electronic nicotine delivery systems and combustible tobacco products might increase youth combustible cigarette use, and instead reached the opposite conclusion.

   
Released: 22-Mar-2022 2:40 PM EDT
Seen and ‘herd’: Collective motion in crowds is largely determined by participants’ field of vision
Brown University

Like flocks of birds or schools of fish, crowds of humans also tend to move en masse — almost as if they’re thinking as one. Scientists have proposed different theories to explain this type of collective pedestrian behavior.

Released: 22-Mar-2022 10:55 AM EDT
Emotion, stress cues in social media posts might be early warnings in epilepsy deaths
Binghamton University, State University of New York

A new study from an international team of researchers — including two from Binghamton University — demonstrates that social media could be used to detect behaviors preceding sudden unexpected death in epilepsy (SUDEP), the leading cause of death in people with uncontrolled epileptic seizures.

   
Released: 21-Mar-2022 1:25 PM EDT
Study finds that an information shock is needed to make firms understand that music is changing
Bocconi University

The music industry, in little more than twenty years, has gone through two technological shocks linked to digitization: first the advent of downloads, which have replaced physical supports, then that of streaming, with the passage from the possession of a content to the right of access to a catalog.

Released: 20-Mar-2022 11:05 AM EDT
First Look at Emerging Tobacco Industry Product Shows New Consumer Interest and Awareness
Rutgers University-New Brunswick

Consumer interest and awareness in nicotine pouches – products that contain nicotine but have no tobacco and one of the newest industry products — is growing and they are most popular among younger smokers and those trying to quit, according to a Rutgers research study.

   
Released: 18-Mar-2022 3:10 PM EDT
Language may not shape social outcomes
Cornell University

Does language shape thought? Do the languages we speak affect how we live our lives? These are some of the oldest questions in the cognitive and social sciences, and a handful of high-profile research articles in the social sciences have argued that language systematically affects people’s values, beliefs and behaviors.

Newswise: In U.S., alcohol use disorder linked to 232 million missed workdays annually
16-Mar-2022 1:30 PM EDT
In U.S., alcohol use disorder linked to 232 million missed workdays annually
Washington University in St. Louis

Researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have found that people with severe alcohol use disorder miss more than double the number of workdays missed by individuals without alcohol use disorder. The total number of missed workdays due to alcohol use disorder was 232 million.

Newswise: Collaboration is a good fit for wearable sensor startup
Released: 16-Mar-2022 12:50 PM EDT
Collaboration is a good fit for wearable sensor startup
Cornell University

A collaboration with Cornell’s Performance Apparel Design Lab is taking ORC’s technology to a different field: monitoring the stamina and attention of airplane pilots, astronauts and other highly stressed individuals working in harsh environments.

Released: 16-Mar-2022 12:45 PM EDT
What’s the prevailing opinion on social media? Look at the flocks, says UB researcher
University at Buffalo

A University at Buffalo communication researcher has developed a framework for measuring the slippery concept of social media public opinion.

Released: 15-Mar-2022 10:25 AM EDT
How you think about money affects what you do with it
University of Georgia

You know you should set aside savings with every paycheck, live within your means and invest your money wisely. But do you do it? New research from the University of Georgia suggests that answering three questions could give people insight into their spending and potentially help them modify their behavior in the future.

Newswise: Financial Incentives Can Reduce Vaccine Hesitancy, but only in Large Amounts
Released: 14-Mar-2022 11:05 PM EDT
Financial Incentives Can Reduce Vaccine Hesitancy, but only in Large Amounts
University of California San Diego

Financial incentives and other nudges have been used to help increase vaccination rates across the nation, but new research from the University of California San Diego’s Rady School of Management reveals that compensations need to be large—at least $100—to reduce vaccine hesitancy.

   
Released: 14-Mar-2022 8:00 AM EDT
Anyone can be trained to be creative, researchers say
Ohio State University

Researchers have developed a new method for training people to be creative, one that shows promise of succeeding far better than current ways of sparking innovation.

9-Mar-2022 11:15 AM EST
Early Diagnosis of Alcohol Withdrawal Syndrome is Crucial to Managing and Treating Alcohol Use Disorder and Related Problems, Study Suggests
Research Society on Alcoholism

Approximately one-third of US adults experience recent unhealthy alcohol use, and of those, one in seven suffer from alcohol withdrawal syndrome (AWS), according to a new US population-based study with substantial clinical implications. Symptoms of alcohol withdrawal in heavy drinkers are linked to considerable distress and functional impairment, poorer long-term drinking and other health outcomes, greater likelihood of hospitalization, and higher healthcare costs and morbidity and mortality risk. The estimated prevalence of AWS varies widely. Little is known about its manifestations among people in the general population with unhealthy alcohol use, limiting clinicians’ ability to identify patients at risk of AWS. Better information on AWS could enhance its prevention and timely, targeted treatment efforts.

   


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