A new study just published in Animal Cognition reveals that the rare dogs that are gifted in learning object verbal labels—the names of their toys—are more playful than typical dogs.
Plants & Animals
Aug 15, 2022
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What does artificial intelligence offer that goes beyond traditional statistical models, such as regression analysis, to investigate the behavior of households, in particular the factors that cause the separation of couples ...
Mathematics
May 17, 2023
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Following a major study of the effects of personality on job performance, researchers zoomed in on one personality trait—agreeableness—and found that it has a desirable effect on hundreds of physical, psychological and ...
Social Sciences
Mar 3, 2022
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(Phys.org) —Employers are increasingly using Facebook to screen job applicants and weed out candidates they think have undesirable traits. But a new study from North Carolina State University shows that those companies ...
Economics & Business
Jul 2, 2013
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In the age of social media, people's inner lives are increasingly recorded through the language they use online. With this in mind, an interdisciplinary group of University of Pennsylvania researchers is interested in whether ...
Computer Sciences
Sep 26, 2013
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Scientists from the University of Turku, Finland, have found that male and female Asian elephants differ in their personality. Previous work on a timber elephant population from Myanmar has shown that Asian elephants have ...
Plants & Animals
Mar 11, 2019
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Parenting is one of life's greatest joys, right? Not for everyone. New research from Michigan State University psychologists examines characteristics and satisfaction of adults who don't want children.
Social Sciences
Jun 16, 2021
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If you thought blurry eyes were to blame for the "beer goggles" phenomenon, think again.
Social Sciences
Dec 14, 2023
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Have you ever suffered through tales of greatness from a self-absorbed "friend" who reminds you of Michael Scott from "The Office"—and not in a good way? Have you been betrayed by a colleague out of the blue, undermined ...
Social Sciences
Feb 8, 2023
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Smartphones have made multi-tasking easier, more understandable, and at times compulsive. But in social settings, these devices can lead to a form of contemporary rudeness called phone snubbing, or phubbing: the act of ignoring ...
Social Sciences
Aug 9, 2021
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