Flashing crosswalk lights are no match for flashy cars, according to a new UNLV study which found that drivers of expensive cars are least likely to stop for crossing pedestrians.
Social Sciences
Feb 27, 2020
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For many children today, before they even start school they are already digitally literate. They know how to use a phone, make videos and take photographs. This is to be welcomed given government research has found that 82% ...
Education
Jan 30, 2020
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Everybody eats. But what people eat, and what drives our decisions about food, vary tremendously.
Social Sciences
Dec 3, 2019
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Candidates at job interviews expect to be evaluated on their experience, conduct, and ideas, but a new study by Yale researchers provides evidence that interviewees are judged based on their social status seconds after they ...
Social Sciences
Oct 21, 2019
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Scientific analysis of dental calculus—plaque build-up—of the Famine's victims found evidence of corn (maize), oats, potato, wheat and milk foodstuffs.
Archaeology
Sep 9, 2019
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Children from the wealthiest backgrounds are three times more likely to take music classes out of school hours than those from the poorest families and there is a 20 percent participation gap in sport, new research shows.
Social Sciences
Jul 19, 2019
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In the newly published study, "How Many Ways to Say Goodbye? The Latent Class Structure and Psychological Correlates of European Union Sentiment in a Large Sample of UK Adults," academics from the university's Department ...
Social Sciences
Jul 5, 2019
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Explanations of why people voted for Brexit, Donald Trump or so-called populist parties in the EU are often characterised as either 'cultural' or 'economic' – that is, values or identity-based, versus social class or economic, ...
Social Sciences
Jun 14, 2019
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People who see themselves as being in a higher social class may tend to have an exaggerated belief that they are more adept than their equally capable lower-class counterparts, and that overconfidence can often be misinterpreted ...
Social Sciences
May 20, 2019
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A study has shown that 'inclusive' educational policies that help working class students access higher education, such as delaying streaming children according to their ability until they are older, lowering the cost of private ...
Social Sciences
Apr 4, 2019
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