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Despite common concerns that the social fabric is fraying, cooperation among strangers has gradually increased in the U.S. since the 1950s.In fact, the more surprising the "reaching out" is, the more people tend to appreciate it.The study also found that users with toxic usernames are about 2.2 times more likely to have their accounts suspended by moderators.A new study of myopia in children has found that nearsighted children suffer from more depression and anxiety, but the problem is remediable.A new study into jet lag and its impact on NBA performance has found that the Boston...

January 21, 2021
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In the Netherlands, children of gay and lesbian parents actually do better at school

In the Netherlands, children of gay and lesbian parents actually do better at school

A finds that children raised by gay or lesbian parents do better at school than children raised by heterosexual parents.Previous studies of academic outcomes for children raised by gay parents have mostly relied on small sample sizes. But this new study, published last week in the journal American Sociological Review, includes data on 2,971 children with same-sex parents (2,786 lesbian couples and 185 gay male couples), and about 1.2 million children with different-sex (i.e. heterosexual) parents.What you will learn in this article:The study included data on all children born and raised in...

October 9, 2020
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New research finds that curious and stable people are less likely to obey shelter in place rules

New research finds that curious and stable people are less likely to obey shelter in place rules

A new study () has found that people with certain personality traits are less likely to follow shelter in place rules.The researchers used data from the “” project. This is a global survey that assessed people’s behaviors and perceptions during the early weeks of the COVID-19 pandemic. Götz and his colleagues analyzed responses from more than 101,000 participants in 55 countries. They looked at responses gathered between March 20 and April 5, 2020.In addition to providing information on their own behavior, participants also answered a series of questions designed to measure the so-called...

October 15, 2020
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Not wearing a mask? Your cough spreads up to 23 times further, a new study finds

Not wearing a mask? Your cough spreads up to 23 times further, a new study finds

A new study finds that wearing a mask greatly reduces the size of your cough cloud, and that cough clouds start to disperse after 5 – 8 seconds.How big is the “cough cloud” of that guy wheezing in the supermarket aisle, or in the elevator?A in the journal Physics of Fluids shows that the answer very much depends on whether or not the cougher is wearing a mask. And what kind of mask.The researchers found that the cough cloud of a person not wearing any at all is about 7 times larger than the cough cloud of someone wearing a typical surgical mask. And his cough cloud is 23 times larger than...

October 20, 2020
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New study finds 98% of women have a best friend, vs only 85% of men

New study finds 98% of women have a best friend, vs only 85% of men

A has found that women are more likely than men to report having a best friend.The study, published on October 18 in the journal , involved 260 participants, mostly based in either Europe or North America.Their ages ranged from 18 – 80, with an average age of 31.The study found that only 85% of men reported having a best friend, versus 98% of women.Furthermore, the study shows, men’s best-friend relationships were considerably less close than women’s.This is in line with prior research showing that the male social world is built around half a dozen relationships, whereas “the female social...

October 20, 2020
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Less drinking is the main reason why young people are having less sex, this new study says

Less drinking is the main reason why young people are having less sex, this new study says

A new study finds that less drinking of alcohol consumption and fewer romantic relationships are the main reasons why young people in the United States are having sex less often than they did a decade ago.People are having sex less and less, in the United States and elsewhere (for example Germany and Japan). In the US, this decline in sexual activity has been especially true of young adults.Of course, the news media have this , and have offered various explanations to explain it. These include declining marriage rates, work-related stress, or a generalized psychological malaise.But so far,...

November 26, 2020
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New research discovers that having too much social contact can be bad for you

New research discovers that having too much social contact can be bad for you

Lots of past research has linked frequent social contact to better health and a longer life. But does that link taper off at a certain point, or even reverse? Is there such a thing as too much social activity?A by researchers Olga Stavrova and Dongning Ren at Tilburg University in the Netherlands investigated that question.As they explain, most prior literature on this topic has assumed a linear relationship between social contact and health outcomes; in other words, the more activity, the better. “We questioned the assumption of linearity by examining the nonlinear association between...

October 6, 2020
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Do couples look alike more as time passes? A new study says no.

Do couples look alike more as time passes? A new study says no.

Do couples look alike more and more as time passes? Quite a few online articles suggest that spouses’ faces start to resemble each other more with the passage of time. Even a fair amount of psychological literature makes the same claim, perhaps most notably one widely-cited paper from 1987.The idea is that because married couples live in the same environments, engage in many of the same activities, eat the same food, and mimic each other’s expressions, their facial appearances should converge over time.But that seminal 1987 paper was based on only 12 couples, and its findings have never...

October 12, 2020
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New study finds female managers are more sympathetic to depression at work

New study finds female managers are more sympathetic to depression at work

A has found that female managers are less likely than male managers to have negative attitudes toward depression at work.The study was conducted by researchers from the University of Gothenburg, and appeared in the journal . The authors say their study is the first to investigate gender in managers’ attitudes towards workplace depression. Their work also reflects the growing academic focus on mental health issues in the workplace.What you will learn in this article:The study’s 2,663 participants (1,762 men and 901 women) were managers at a wide range of organizations and companies in...

December 24, 2020
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