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The eyes are the windows to the soul, it is said. They may also betray how much…
Category: Social Sciences
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Getting support for opening the 'Pandora's box' of DNA testing
In the last decade, the drive to understand who we are and where we’ve come from has been accelerated by DNA testing.
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Consistent decline of acetylcholine in microbiota-gut-brain axis mediates antibiotic-induced anxiety via regulating hippocampus microglial activation
Sørensen C, Sonne C, Sacha M, Kristiansen M, Hannemose S, Stein D, et al. Potential advantages of combining randomized controlled trials with qualitative research in mood and anxiety disorders – A systematic review. J Affect Disord….
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Medieval peasants probably enjoyed their holiday festivities more than you do
When people think of the European Middle Ages, it often brings to mind grinding poverty, superstition and darkness. But the reality of the 1,000-year period from 500 to 1500 was much more complex. This is especially true when considering the…
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Smile and the world will trust you: How mimicry shapes first impressions
How does mimicry affect the way we judge other people? Whose behavior do we imitate, and in what situations? It turns out that we are more likely to mimic people who express joy, and we perceive those people as more attractive and more…
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Working in groups can help Republicans and Democrats agree on controversial content moderation online
Over half of Americans believe tech companies should take action to restrict extremely violent content on their platforms, according to Pew data, yet even trained content moderators consistently disagree in their decisions about how to classify…
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Federal Earned Income Tax Credit has unexpected result, researchers say—it decreases domestic violence
Fifty years since the federal earned income tax credit went into effect and a team of researchers from UConn and City University of New York have identified an unintended benefit of the antipoverty program—a significant reduction in rates of…
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Report calls on the UK banking industry to consider interventions that 'design out' economic abuse
Researchers have published the findings of a new study that brought together victim–survivors and banking professionals to co-design ways of preventing economic abuse in the U.K. banking industry.
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