What causes two people from opposing political parties to have strongly divergent interpretations of the same word, image or event?
Social Sciences
Feb 1, 2023
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A study published in Nature Communications and directed by Professor Carlo Vittorio Cannistraci, Director of the Center for Complex Network Intelligence (CCNI) at the Tsinghua Laboratory of Brain and Intelligence, proposes ...
Mathematics
Jan 17, 2023
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Microorganisms are essential for normal social development in zebrafish via their influence on pruning of neural connections in the developing brain, according to a study publishing November 1st in the open access journal ...
Cell & Microbiology
Nov 1, 2022
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Some insects (e.g., ants and some bees) live in intricately structured societies or colonies. Their colonies can comprise thousands of individuals specialized on different tasks. Most individuals are sterile, devoting their ...
Ecology
Aug 24, 2022
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Living together in groups entails constant interactions between individuals. Individuals need to permanently assess the behavior of others and to respond flexibly to it. Primates and other animals regulate and coordinate ...
Evolution
Aug 17, 2022
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Juvenile zebra finches learn songs directly from a tutor—usually their father—through a social interaction that keeps them motivated and on-task. Young birds who simply hear the songs through a speaker, without the tutor's ...
Plants & Animals
Aug 16, 2022
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Did the 12th century B.C.E.—a time when humans were forging great empires and developing new forms of written text—coincide with an evolutionary reduction in brain size? Think again, says a UNLV-led team of researchers ...
Evolution
Aug 5, 2022
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For decades, studies have shown that children able to resist temptation—opting to wait for two marshmallows later rather than take one now—tend to do better on measures of health and success later in life.
Social Sciences
Jul 24, 2022
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Social psychologists at UCLA have done what seems impossible, at least on the internet: getting liberals and conservatives to have meaningful and congenial political discussions.
Social Sciences
Jul 20, 2022
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A new study shows that social isolation changes the behavior and brain development of bumblebees, but not in the way researchers expected.
Plants & Animals
Jul 12, 2022
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