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12 Mar 2024

Chronic stress and inflammation linked to societal and environmental impacts in new study 

Scientists hypothesize that as-yet unrecognized inflammatory stress is spreading among people at unprecedented rates and affecting our cognitive ability to address climate change, war, and other critical issues.

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15 Nov 2021

Research reveals potential new way to fight radicalization in ‘true believers’

Research in Frontiers in Psychology reveals potential new way to fight radicalization in ‘true believers’

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19 Aug 2021

Absence of fans at European elite soccer ‘ghost games’ significantly decreases home advantage

Absence of fans at European elite soccer ‘ghost games’ significantly decreases home advantage, finds new study in Frontiers in Sports and Active Living

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18 Jan 2019

So cute you could crush it?

A UC Riverside professor’s first-of-its-kind study explores the neural underpinnings of cute aggression; Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience

Image of a cartoon superhero. Research finds that priming people with superhero images increases their likelihood of engaging in prosocial behaviors: Frontiers in Psychology

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04 Jan 2019

Can Superman trigger heroic helping in people?

Priming people with superhero images increases their likelihood of engaging in prosocial behaviors: Frontiers in Psychology

Image of a boss yelling at his employees. Bad leaders are not solely to blame for bad outcomes -their followers can make it worse. On the flipside, followers and leaders can buffer undesirable effects on organizational functioning. Study published in Frontiers in Psychology.

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29 Oct 2018

Bad boss? You may be making things better – or worse!

Disagreeable, dishonest and careless leaders can mean bad outcomes for companies – but the employees they work with also play a major role: Frontiers in Psychology

Frontiers in Physics: A new study uses complex math to predict how individuals adapt to group behavior -- a tool which could provide insights into the social dynamics of terrorist organizations, or how individuals become transformed during Army Basic Training.

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26 Oct 2018

Army scientists develop computational model to predict human behavior

A new model predicts how individuals adapt to group behavior — reducing this social influence to a single number; Frontiers in Physics.

Picture of money. For the first time, machine learning allows researchers to rank factors that predict future affluence and higher income: Frontiers in Psychology

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24 Sep 2018

Age, race or need for instant gratification: which best predicts how much you will earn?

For the first time, machine learning allows researchers to rank the most important factors that predict future affluence: Frontiers in Psychology

Image of someone daydreaming in a meeting. Scientists have linked excessive daydreaming to obsessive compulsive disorder symptoms: Frontiers in Psychiatry

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17 Aug 2018

Excessive daydreaming linked to obsessive-compulsive symptoms

The link provides first steps toward treatment guidelines for excessive, or “maladaptive,” daydreaming: Frontiers in Psychiatry

Aggression at work can lead to 'vicious circle' of misconduct

Psychology

18 Jul 2018

Aggression at work can lead to ‘vicious circle’ of misconduct

Frequently being the target of workplace aggression not only affects the victim’s health but can also cause them to behave badly towards others: Frontiers in Psychology

A study looking at online behavior and evaluative comments made by teenageers concludes that while cybergossiping can lead to risky behavior such as cyberbullying, it also serves a valuable socializing function: Frontiers in Psychology

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17 May 2018

Comments on social networks reinforce socialization during adolescence

While cybergossiping can lead to risky behavior like cyberbullying, it also serves a valuable socializing function for teenagers: Frontiers in Psychology

Frontiers in Psychology: interactions between parasites and insects (neuro-parasitology) could provide insights into the neurological basis for behavior and decision-making

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15 May 2018

The macabre world of mind-controlling parasites

The gruesome new field of neuro-parasitology could provide insights into the neurological basis for behavior and decision-making: Frontiers in Psychology