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·October 25, 2022·4 min read

Happily Ever After? A New Chapter for Traditional Fairy Tales

While some deem traditional fairy tales to be outdated or sexist, researchers say fairy stories play an important role in teaching young children about social justice, emotional intelligence, and critical thinking skills.

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·October 21, 2022·4 min read

To Be Less Sedentary, You May Need a More Active Friend

When people with a sedentary lifestyle socially interact with those who embark on moderate physical activity, the sedentary people become more active in the long-term.

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·October 7, 2022·6 min read

Vegetarians More Likely to Be Depressed Than Meat-Eaters

A new study reveals vegetarians are two times more likely to suffer from depression than those who eat meat. While nutrition plays a role in depressive symptoms, researchers say social factors and upset over the treatment of animals contribute to symptoms of depression.

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·October 5, 2022·2 min read

Petting Dogs Engages the Social Brain, According to Neuroimaging

Interacting with dogs leads to greater activation in the prefrontal cortex, an area of the brain associated with emotional and social processing.

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·September 29, 2022·6 min read

What Is the Effect of Hierarchy on Moral Behavior?

Powerful hierarchical situations make it easier for individuals to commit harmful actions. The reason for this, researchers say, is because empathy and agency become split across multiple individuals.

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·September 25, 2022·5 min read

Why Do We Laugh? New Study Considers Possible Evolutionary Reasons Behind This Very Human Behaviour

Researchers say laughter may have been preserved by natural selection to assist with human survival.

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·September 23, 2022·7 min read

Friend or Foe? How Mice Decide to Make Love or War

The neural circuitry that connects olfactory information about another mouse's sex to decision-making in the brain determines the behavioral outcome as to whether aggression or affection is expressed.

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·September 20, 2022·5 min read

The First Look at How Rabies Affects Vampire Bat Social Behavior

Male vampire bats infected with rabies socially withdraw, scaling back their social behavior of grooming other bats before they succumb to the disease.

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·September 19, 2022·6 min read

Social Touch and Its Newly Discovered Neural Pathway

A neural pathway that leads directly from the thalamus to the hypothalamus plays a critical role in processing touch information, a new study reveals.

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·September 19, 2022·3 min read

Multitude of Stressful Events in 2020 May Have Harmed Social Development of Young Adults

The stressful events of 2020 may have harmed the social development of young people at a crucial point in their lives, a new study reports.

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·September 7, 2022·6 min read

AI-Based Research Reveals That Extreme Temperatures Fuel Online Hate Speech

Extreme heat and extremely cold temperatures are associated with a marked rise in aggressive online behaviors, including hate speech, a new AI-based study discovered.