News tagged with social processes

Researchers find a 'liberal gene'

Liberals may owe their political outlook partly to their genetic make-up, according to new research from the University of California, San Diego, and Harvard University. Ideology is affected not just by social factors, but ...

Medicine & Health / Genetics

created Oct 27, 2010 | popularity 3.4 / 5 (27) | comments 574 | with audio podcast

Language as a window into sociability

People with Williams syndrome-known for their indiscriminate friendliness and ease with strangers-process spoken language differently from people with autism spectrum disorders-characterized by social withdrawal ...

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

created Aug 16, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (6) | comments 0

Intel boosts Facebook users power for research

Intel unveiled a software program that lets Facebook users devote spare computer processing power to researching diseases or climate change.

Technology / Software

created Aug 04, 2009 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (5) | comments 2

Oxytocin: Love potion #1?

Relationships are difficult and most of us probably think at some point that communicating positively with our partner when discussing stressful issues, like home finances, is an impossible task. What if there was a safe ...

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Apr 29, 2009 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (4) | comments 0

Autism study finds visual processing 'hinders ability' to read body language

The way people with autism see and process the body language of others could be preventing them from gauging people's feelings, according to new research.

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Aug 05, 2009 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Whether tweets live or die depends more on network, competition for attention than message or user influence

On the global social media stage, it's not so much the message but rather network structure and competition for attention that determine whether a meme becomes popular and shows staying power or whether it ...

Other Sciences / Mathematics

created Apr 03, 2012 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (3) | comments 3 | with audio podcast

Transgenic songbirds provide new tool to understand the brain

A new genetic tool will enable scientists to study vocal learning and neurogenesis at the molecular level in songbirds.

Biology / Biotechnology

created Sep 29, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 1

Nexi robot: A matter of trust

(PhysOrg.com) -- What can a wide-eyed, talking robot teach us about trust? A lot, according to Northeastern psychology professor David DeSteno, and his colleagues, who are conducting innovative research to ...

Technology / Other

created Jul 06, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

How adolescent girls manage stress

Greater influence over everyday life, emotional support, and cultural and recreational activities help to enable teenage girls to withstand stress. Those were the results of a dissertation from the Sahlgrenska Academy, University ...

Medicine & Health / Health

created Jun 23, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

The importance of workplace relationships post-retirement

The influence of traditional social structures such as neighbourhoods and local organisations has declined. The workplace has become the "new neighbourhood" and has become increasingly important for maintaining social interaction ...

Medicine & Health / Health

created Aug 17, 2010 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 0