FeaturedNeurosciencePsychology·March 21, 2023·4 min readFew People Seem to Find Real Joy in JOMOPeople who enjoy experiencing JOMO, the "joy of missing out", tend to have higher levels of social anxiety, a new study reports.Read More
FeaturedNeurosciencePsychology·March 20, 2023·4 min readChanging One’s Behavior in Different Social Interactions Is Child’s PlayYoung children encode social cues according to context, then process the social stimuli to form a representation of the current social situation. Once the action values are compared, children then chose to perform the optimal action that has the highest value.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscience·March 20, 2023·3 min readHarnessing Incoherence to Make Sense of Real-World NetworksMapping the hierarchies and the incoherence within a network system, including neural networks, genes, and even social networks, can help estimate the point at which the network becomes strongly connected.Read More
FeaturedNeurosciencePsychology·March 19, 2023·5 min readFear of Failing: The Secrets Behind Social AnxietySocial anxiety is associated with a higher risk of developing depression and addiction disorders. Researchers say the fear of rejection may be at the root of social anxiety.Read More
FeaturedNeurosciencePsychology·March 17, 2023·5 min readWhy We Disagree So OftenPeople tend to significantly overestimate how many other people hold the same conceptual beliefs of objects, events, people, concepts, and words as they do.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscience·March 9, 2023·4 min readComplex Learned Social Behavior Discovered in Bee’s Waggle DanceA bee's "waggle dance", an intricate series of motions that signals the location of critical resources to other bees, is improved by social learning and can be culturally transmitted.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscienceOpen Neuroscience ArticlesPsychology·March 3, 2023·5 min readPeople Use Emojis to Hide, as Well as Show, Their FeelingsPeople often use emojis to soften the impact of negative post expressions as well as to express positive feelings.Read More
AutismFeaturedNeuroscience·February 28, 2023·4 min readSocial Deficits and Seizures in Autism Type Tied to Overexcited Brain CircuitsA genetic subtype of ASD and schizophrenia have a duplicate gene that triggers overactivity in neural circuits, leading to social deficits and seizures. When researchers reduced the level of the PRRT2 gene in mouse models of 16p11.2 duplication syndrome, social behaviors were restored and seizure activity decreased.Read More
AutismFeaturedNeuroscienceOpen Neuroscience Articles·February 14, 2023·4 min readDrug Shown to Alleviate Autism-Associated BehaviorA newly developed drug that blocks sodium channels in the cell membrane that can reverse MYT1L failure alleviates social behavior deficits in mouse models of ASD.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscience·February 13, 2023·6 min readHow Brains Synchronize During Cooperative TasksStudy reveals how neural populations in different people synchronize during social interaction and tasks of cooperation.Read More
FeaturedNeurosciencePsychology·February 10, 2023·4 min readCertain Social Factors Can Predict Early Death in Older AdultsResearchers have compiled a comprehensive inventory of social aspects of the aging population that can predict longevity. Feeling socially isolated, living in a neighborhood with poor cleanliness, and lower perceived control over financial situations appear to contribute to early death in the aging population.Read More
FeaturedNeurosciencePsychology·January 30, 2023·3 min readCoercive Control Takes Significant Toll on ChildrenWhen it comes to coercive control in parental relationships, the children aren't just passive witnesses. Children exposed to coercive control experience problems with social-emotional and physical development, and broader family functioning outcomes such as strained relationships with their parents or experiencing harsher parenting. Children also often exhibit behavioral and psychological challenges.Read More
