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Asking if behavior can be changed on climate crisis
One of the more complex problems facing social psychologists today is whether any intervention can move people to change their behavior about climate change and
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Research gauges neurodegeneration tied to FXTAS by measuring motor behavior
The neurological disorder FXTAS (pronounced “fax-tas”) stems from a genetic premutation seen in one of every 151 women and one of every 468 men, called
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It takes a community to lower cardiovascular risk: Support for adherence to medications and healthy behaviors between scheduled health worker visits
Concerted effort by friends, family and non-physician health workers can make a dramatic difference in reducing the risk factors for heart problems in patients with
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Foraging for information: Machine learning decodes genetic influence over behavior
Mice scurry around while foraging for food, but genetics may be the unseen hand controlling these meandering movements. Researchers at University of Utah Health are
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Individuals are swayed by their peers, leading to more severe punishments, study finds: Punitive peers can increase how much fellow decision-makers support punishment, by up to 40 percent
When acting as one part of a group charged with deciding how to punish someone — a jury, for example — individuals are swayed by
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Employees less upset at being replaced by robots than by other people: Study assesses psychological impact of job losses through technology
Generally speaking, most people find the idea of workers being replaced by robots or software worse than if the jobs are taken over by other
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Study finds genetic testing motivates behavior changes in families at risk for melanoma
Skin cancer is the most commonly diagnosed cancer in the United States, and melanoma is the most severe type of skin cancer. The National Cancer
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Perception of lower socioeconomic standing stimulates appetite
Recent research suggests that the psychological consequences of being in a disadvantaged position in society may stimulate appetite and increase eating regardless of one’s ability
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AI to enhance cognitive performance?
In a recent pilot study, researchers from the National University of Singapore (NUS) have shown that a powerful artificial intelligence (AI) platform known as CURATE.AI
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