Surfing the Internet is the number one way people waste time at work and costs companies billions of dollars per year, according to a 2005 survey by Salary.com. But a new study shows that, when employees are told not to use ...
(PhysOrg.com) -- Sometimes friends can become enemies and enemies become friends, and it’s difficult to understand exactly how or why the changes took place. A new study shows that when the shifting of alliances and rivalries ...
A child's desire to share becomes influenced by social norms around the age of eight, new research has revealed.
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Changes to the social and political landscape between 2011 and 2018, with dramatic events such as DACA rule changes, new presidential leadership, immigration bills and more, have left one major threat looming—deportation.
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Feb 19, 2024
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Misinformation is a key global threat, but Democrats and Republicans disagree about how to address the problem. In particular, Democrats and Republicans diverge sharply on removing misinformation from social media.
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Nov 6, 2023
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Researchers show in a new study that a short reflection exercise to boost self confidence increases job search success. This holds true even for the long-term unemployed and people over 50.
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Oct 3, 2023
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An international study, published in Nature Human Behaviour, analyzed millions of tweets by members of Congress over the last decade. Its findings showed both Republican and Democratic politicians were increasingly sharing ...
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Sep 25, 2023
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A study recently published in Psychological Science reveals that when people repeatedly encounter headlines about corporate wrongdoing, they view the wrongdoing as less unethical and are more likely to believe the headlines ...
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Jul 25, 2023
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People can be prone to believe in conspiracy theories due to a combination of personality traits and motivations, including relying strongly on their intuition, feeling a sense of antagonism and superiority toward others, ...
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Jun 26, 2023
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Researchers have tested one of the ideas put forward to explain how humanity evolved to become smarter, on non-human primates.
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