News tagged with social perception
No crystal ball necessary: Scientists can accurately predict leadership emergence
(PhysOrg.com) -- Dutch scientists at VU University Amsterdam are able to quite accurately predict the emergence of leaders in domains such as politics and the military. They developed a model of leadership emergence based ...
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Oct 03, 2011 |
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Use of human voice in social media can help organizations build relationships
As the proliferation of social media in society continues, companies and organizations are taking advantage of online platforms such as Facebook and Twitter to communicate interactively with their customers and the public. ...
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May 18, 2011 |
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Generation gaps in attitudes towards social networking,cyber safety revealed in study
A new report on young people's use of social networking and cyber safety reveals that young people may be more aware and better able to manage online risks than their parents commonly think.
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Apr 05, 2011 |
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Older is not always wiser when it comes to social gaffes
(PhysOrg.com) -- Older people have more difficulty detecting the social gaffes of others and this is due to an age-related decline in their emotion perception skills, new University of Otago research suggests.
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Feb 02, 2011 |
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'Vive la difference!' Seeing foreigners as foreign encourages local coworkers to assist them
Whether it's a company with local and ex-pat employees, countries in need of aid, or the elderly interacting with the young, a new research paper to be published in the journal Psychological Science says recognizing divers ...
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Jan 11, 2011 |
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Typically Italian, isn't it? Accent shapes our perception of a person
The accent someone talks in plays a crucial role in the way we judge this person, psychologists of the Friedrich Schiller University Jena, Germany, found out recently. "The accent is much more important than ...
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Dec 17, 2010 |
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Hormone oxytocin bolsters childhood memories of mom's affections
Researchers have found that the naturally-occurring hormone and neurotransmitter oxytocin intensifies men's memories of their mother's affections during childhood. The study was published today in Proceedings of the National Ac ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Nov 29, 2010 |
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Study shows people not only judge mothers based on work status, but also judge their kids
Although a woman's role in the home varies, a recent study shows that people favor not only a mother, but also her child and their relationship when she is not employed outside the home full time.
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Feb 18, 2010 |
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Risk of drought in Northeastern Spain is exaggerated by the press
Researchers from the University of Barcelona (UB) have, for the first time, analysed all the articles published in the La Vanguardia newspaper between 1982 and 2007 linked to natural hazards, climate change ...
Feb 16, 2010 |
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Study: Nonprofits put brand at risk in corporate partnerships
Charities and other nonprofits may put their brand at risk when they partner with corporations on social responsibility (CSR) initiatives. The public can easily construe such connections as a seal of approval of the corporation ...
Other Sciences / Economics & Business
Nov 13, 2009 |
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Looking for the origins of music in the brain
Music serves as a natural and non-invasive intervention for patients with severe neurological disorders to promote long-term memory, social interaction and communication. However, there is currently no plausible explanation ...
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Oct 20, 2009 |
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Television has less effect on education about climate change than other forms of media
Worried about climate change and want to learn more? You probably aren't watching television then. A new study by George Mason University Communication Professor Xiaoquan Zhao suggests that watching television has no significant ...
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Oct 16, 2009 |
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Spain is the second country in the world where divorce is better accepted socially
Spain is the second country in the world where divorce is better accepted socially, only exceeded by Brazil. Likewise, 79 per cent of the Spanish people think that, when a couple is not able to solve their marital problems, ...
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Oct 13, 2009 |
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In 'reading' a gaze, what we believe changes what we see
In primates including ourselves, the ability to register where others are looking is key in social circles. And, according to a new report published online on June 25th in Current Biology, a Cell Press publication, the wa ...
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Jun 25, 2009 |
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Still irritating after all these years: Study of adult children and parents
(PhysOrg.com) -- The majority of parents and adult children experience some tension and aggravation with one another, a new study says.
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
May 05, 2009 |
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