Social Psychology News
May 2, 2024
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Apr. 30, 2024 Loneliness in adulthood follows a U-shaped pattern: it's higher in younger and older adulthood, and lowest during middle adulthood, reports a new study that examined nine longitudinal studies from around the world. The study also identified several ...
Apr. 23, 2024 Psychologists have found that people are as hesitant to reach out to an old friend as they are to strike up a conversation with a stranger, even when they had the capacity and desire to do ...
Apr. 23, 2024 A team of researchers found that long-tie connections accelerate the speed of social ...
Apr. 23, 2024 Social interactions synchronize brain activity within individuals and between individuals. In a new study, researchers compared brain synchronization between pairs of people with relatively strong social ties (acquaintance pairs) and pairs with ...
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Apr. 23, 2024 An assistant professor conducted a study in which he lived among one of the poorest, most marginalized communities in Seoul, South Korea. In the ...
Apr. 16, 2024 New research has found that perceptions of globally shared life experiences and globally shared biology can strengthen psychological bonding with humanity at large, which can motivate prosocial ...
Apr. 8, 2024 Researchers found that when the adult talked and played socially with a 5-month-old baby, the baby's brain activity particularly increased in regions responsible for attention -- and the level of ...
Apr. 4, 2024 Researchers make the case that prairie voles, small rodents that are found throughout the central United States and Canada, can be effectively used as animal models to further the study of clinical ...
Apr. 3, 2024 A new study reveals how large language models (LLMs) respond to different motivational states. In their evaluation of three LLM-based generative conversational agents (GAs)--ChatGPT, Google Bard, and ...
Mar. 27, 2024 Neighborhoods with more adversity have up to twice the increased risk of heart disease and stroke, according to a new ...
Mar. 27, 2024 An empirical longitudinal study tracked the emergence of empathic concern in ...
Mar. 27, 2024 The couple that drinks together might live longer together, too, says a University of Michigan ...
Mar. 25, 2024 Many parents recognize increasing mental health concerns among children, reflected by the 1 in 5 who say they're open to allowing a child to take a ...
Mar. 15, 2024 Scientists tested several hypotheses on the drivers of social aging in free-living Assamese macaques in Thailand. The researchers collected data on the social behavior of females for eight years and ...
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May 1, 2024 There's a large and growing body of evidence pointing to potentially negative impacts of social media on mental health, from its addictive nature to disruptions in sleep patterns to effects on ...
Apr. 23, 2024 Even subtle differences in the wording of social media messages may be enough to sway young people's beliefs about depression and anxiety and their ...
Apr. 22, 2024 Though life goals change over time, a study of teen goals indicates that goals of education and high prestige can drive ...
Apr. 10, 2024 A country's economic prosperity is linked with improved well-being in its residents, according to a new ...
Apr. 3, 2024 Individuals underestimate the social connection they can make with a stranger who disagrees with them on contentious issues, a new research paper ...
Apr. 3, 2024 Researchers investigate the influence of social relationships on our bodily responses to the presence of other persons in the interpersonal ...
Mar. 20, 2024 A new study has identified recurring, 'toxic' human conversation patterns on social media, which are common to users irrespective of the platform used, the topic of discussion, and the ...
Mar. 20, 2024 When small hierarchical groups bond, neural activity between leaders and followers aligns, promoting quicker and more frequent communication, according to a new ...
Mar. 14, 2024 New research has found that there is a direct socioeconomic impact of loneliness in early adolescence. The research found that lonely young adults are more likely to be out of education, employment, ...
Mar. 14, 2024 Dartmouth researchers tracked more than 200 undergraduates for all four years of college to capture the most in-depth data yet on how students' self-esteem and mental health fluctuates during ...
Mar. 12, 2024 Poor sleep habits are strongly associated with long-term chronic health conditions, according to decades of research. To better understand this relationship, a team identified four distinct patterns ...
Mar. 11, 2024 A new study of how high school students respond to a program designed to increase the frequency and quality of conversations about race in school finds that the anti-racist intervention did not cause ...
Mar. 6, 2024 While 'peer pressure' is often linked to experiences of children or teenagers, researchers say young adults continue to succumb to similar pressures of social conformity in everyday ...
Mar. 6, 2024 A new study is providing insight into how different generations are interpreting the use of emojis in their communications, with older adults unsure of how to use them as frequently as younger adults ...
Feb. 29, 2024 The crucial role of social emotions in our lives and in society cannot be overstated. Empathy, guilt, embarrassment, pride and other feelings we experience in the context of other people govern and ...
Feb. 29, 2024 The likelihood that a girl will participate in high school sports in the United States is driven not so much by individual choice, new research suggests. Instead, decisions made by parents, the ...
Feb. 27, 2024 In a new perspective article, researchers underscore the importance of integrating environmental effects into genetic research. The authors discuss how failure to do so can perpetuate deterministic ...
Feb. 26, 2024 Human coexistence depends on cooperation. Individuals have different motivations and reasons to collaborate, resulting in social dilemmas, such as the well-known prisoner's dilemma. Scientists ...
Feb. 22, 2024 Worsening human-induced climate change may have effects beyond the widely reported rising sea levels, higher temperatures, and impacts on food supply and migration -- and may also extend to ...
Feb. 22, 2024 How did cooperative behavior prevail in human evolution? Researchers have challenged two prevailing explanations -- repeated interactions on the one hand or group competition on the other. Instead, ...
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- Talking Politics With Strangers Isn't as Awful as You'd Expect, Research Suggests
- Exploring the Effect of the Presence of Familiar People in Interpersonal Space
Wednesday, March 20, 2024
- While Social Media Changes Over Decades, Conversation Dynamics Stay the Same, New Study Suggests
- Social Bonding Gets People on the Same Wavelength
Thursday, March 14, 2024
- Lonely 12 Year-Olds Less Likely to Gain Employment in Adulthood
- Study Tracks Shifts in Student Mental Health During College
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- Peer Pressure Susceptibility Lasts Into Adulthood
- Older Adults Want to Express Themselves With Emojis, They Just Don't Understand How to
Thursday, February 29, 2024
- A Holistic Framework for Studying Social Emotions
- Parents, Wealth, Race Drive Girls' Chances to Play Sports
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- Climate Change Linked to Rise in Mental Distress Among Teens, According to Drexel Study
- Combination of Group Competition and Repeated Interactions Promotes Cooperation
- Living in Violent Neighborhoods Affects Children's Brain Development
Tuesday, February 20, 2024
- Unravelling the Genetic and Environmental Influences on Trust
- Smiling Is the Secret to Seeing Happiness, New Research Reveals
Wednesday, February 14, 2024
- Live from the Brain: Visual Cues Inform Decision to Cooperate
- Reported Marital Harmony -- Or Conflict -- Accounts for Nearly Ten Percent of the Variation in Mental Health Self-Assessments in a Broad Study of Australian Adults
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- People Are Inclined to Hide a Contagious Illness While Around Others, Research Shows
- Study Urges People to Think Twice Before Going on a Diet
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- For People With Migraine, Feelings of Stigma May Impact Disability, Quality of Life
- Online Versus Reality: Social Media Influences Perceptions
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- Understanding the Neuroendocrine Basis for Social Anxiety-Like Behavior in Male Mice
- Love Scrambles the Brain and Scientists Can Now Tell Us Why
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- Sniffing Women's Tears Reduces Aggressive Behavior in Men, Researchers Report
- Social Media Posts May Be Viewed Differently by Others to How Users Perceive Themselves
Thursday, December 14, 2023
- Thinking About God Inspires Risk-Taking for Believers, Study Finds
- Mothers and Children Have Their Birthday in the Same Month More Often Than You'd Think -- And Here's Why
Wednesday, December 13, 2023
- Body Dissatisfaction Linked With Depression Risk in Children
- Workplace Gossip Can Benefit Employees and Employers
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- The World Needs More Empathy -- Here Is How Science Can Harness It
- Child-Centric Approach: Blueprint to Improve Communities
Thursday, November 30, 2023
- What Makes Sustainable Consumption So Difficult
- Early Body Contact Develops Premature Babies' Social Skills
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- Researchers Find Neurons Work as a Team to Process Social Interactions
- Genes Influence Whether Infants Prefer to Look at Faces or Non-Social Objects
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- How to Tell If Your Boss Is a 'corporate Psychopath'
- The Emotional Function of Dreams Is Not the Same Everywhere
- Early Behavioral Health Problems Need Earlier Interventions
Thursday, October 12, 2023
- Honey Bees May Inherit Altruistic Behavior from Their Mothers
- Study Reveals Shyness Could Impact Young Children's Performance on Language Tests
Wednesday, October 11, 2023
- Fruit Fly Serenade: Neuroscientists Decode Their Tiny Mating Song
- Study Links Selfies to Higher Ratings of Slimness