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People with brain injuries have a high risk of romance scams. 'Scambassadors' can help shed stigma
Romance scams—where scammers create fake identities and use dating or friendship to get your trust and money—cost Australians A$201 million... Read more -
Aesthetics study examines music's influence on experience of art
Researchers at the Max Planck Institute for Empirical Aesthetics (MPIEA) in Frankfurt am Main, Germany, have investigated how the combination... Read more -
Family matters: Living near relatives makes us heroic and harsh
Many of us will soak in the merriment and drama that family gatherings bring during Thanksgiving. But beyond the Thanksgiving... Read more -
Networked friendships may lower loneliness, research suggests
Loneliness is on the rise in the U.S., with a third of Americans reporting they've experienced "serious loneliness" in recent... Read more -
Why parents need to be like Big Ted and 'talk aloud' while they use screens with their kids
Screen use and internet safety are two of the top concerns Australian parents have about their kids' health and well-being—even... Read more -
Human exclamations of pain are similar across the world, new study reveals
We all know what words we might shout out when we stub a toe or touch something hot. For those... Read more -
New book on the sociology of death, dying and bereavement
While death, dying and bereavement are universal life events, the social conditions under which death takes place are fundamental in... Read more -
Survey participants are turning to AI, putting academic research results into question
When academics and other researchers need to recruit people for large-scale surveys, they often rely upon crowdsourcing sites like Prolific... Read more -
Healthy elbow room: Social distancing in Neolithic mega-settlements
The term "social distancing" spread out across the public vocabulary in recent years as people around the world changed habits... Read more -
Peaches spread across North America through Indigenous networks, radiocarbon dating and document analysis show
Spanish explorers may have brought the first peach pits to North America, but Indigenous communities helped the ubiquitous summer fruit... Read more -
Study: Brilliant white male characters more believable, some viewers say
Brilliant characters often play key roles in movies and TV shows. However, when these characters are played by women and... Read more -
Charity campaigns are using outdated representations of Africa, says new paper
In a new paper, Dr. Edward Ademolu and Jess Crombie from University of the Arts London investigate the ethical complexities... Read more -
Indonesian social forestry often excludes women from decisions, risking greater inequality
Our analysis of Indonesia's social forestry permits shows that women remain underrepresented in forest management bodies despite efforts to boost... Read more -
Here's something Americans agree on: Sports build character—but the 'Great Sport Myth' may be problematic
In a polarized nation, there is one thing that nearly all Americans agree on, according to a recent study: Sports... Read more -
Social media has complex effects on adolescent well-being, and policymakers must take note
In late 2024, more than 20 years after the birth of Facebook, the impact of social media on our lives... Read more
