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July 23, 2023

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Controlled Cruelty: New Study Finds Aggression Can Arise from Successful Self-Control

A new study has found that aggression is not always the product of poor self-control but, instead, often can be the product of successful self-control in order to inflict greater ...

Doom-and-Gloom Climate News May Scare but Also Encourage Audiences

Researchers investigated how seeing frightening news about climate change day after day may shape the way people feel about the phenomenon and how willing they are to take action to address ...

Reducing Social Media Use Significantly Improves Body Image in Teens, Young Adults

Teens and young adults who reduced their social media use by 50% for just a few weeks saw significant improvement in how they felt about both their weight and their overall appearance compared with peers who maintained consistent levels of social ...

Cinema Has Helped 'Entrench' Gender Inequality in AI

Study finds that just 8% of all depictions of AI professionals from a century of film are women -- and half of these are shown as subordinate to men. Cinema promotes AI as the product of lone male geniuses with god complexes, say researchers. Cultural perceptions influence career choices and ...
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Life in a Violent Country Can Be Years Shorter and Much Less Predictable -- Even for Those Not Involved in Conflict

How long people live is less predictable and life expectancy for young people can be as much as 14 years shorter in violent countries, compared to peaceful countries, according to a new study. It ...

In Some U.S. Zip Codes, Young Men Face More Risk of Firearm Death Than Those Deployed in Recent Wars, Study Finds

A new study puts the risk of firearm-related death in perspective and calls attention to the urgent need for violence reduction interventions in the United ...

Characters' Actions in Movie Scripts Reflect Gender Stereotypes

Researchers have developed a novel machine-learning framework that uses scene descriptions in movie scripts to automatically recognize different characters' actions. Applying the framework to ...

Witchcraft Beliefs Are Widespread, Highly Variable Around the World, Study Finds

A newly compiled dataset quantitatively captures witchcraft beliefs in countries around the world, enabling investigation of key factors associated with such ...

Nazi Propaganda from 1927-1945 Reveals Role of Dehumanization of Jews in the Holocaust

A linguistic analysis of Nazi propaganda suggests that dehumanization of Jews shifted over time, with propaganda after the onset of the Holocaust portraying Jews as having a greater capacity for ...

Trust in Experts, Media Literacy Connected to COVID-19 Vaccine Intention

An early pandemic survey found that respondents' intentions to receive COVID-19 vaccines were linked more to their media literacy and opinion of health experts than knowledge of the virus or ...

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Violence on TV: The Effects Can Stretch from Age 3 Into the Teens

A new study suggests that exposure to violent screen content in the preschool years is associated with a heightened risk of psychological and academic difficulties in ...

Disconnection, Not Teens' Screen Time, Is the Problem, Research Suggests

A new study compares the self-esteem and social activities of teens with no or poor home Internet access to teens who are the heaviest users of screens as well as teens with parents who tightly ...

Gun Violence Across America: Unexpected Trends Revealed by Statistical Analysis

Only a handful of U.S. states showed a surge in gun violence incidents in mid-2020 during civil unrest at the start of COVID-19 lockdowns and the murder of George Floyd, a new study finds. The study ...

Maintaining Green Parks and Gardens in Cities Has the Potential to Lower the Risk of Crime, Study Suggests

维护绿色城市的公园和花园the potential to lower the risk of crime, research suggests. More green space in a city is linked with lower risk of crime against property -- such ...

Similarities in Movie Review Content by Critics and General Users Impact Movie Sales, Study Shows

By analyzing movie reviews from Rotten Tomatoes, a film and TV review website, new research proposes a 'topic consistency' measure to capture the degree of overlap between critic and user ...

Spanking Related to Other Forms of Discipline, Intimate Partner Violence

Spanking is more common among parents who report using many types of discipline with children and in families where there is intimate partner violence, according to new ...

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Algorithms Predict Sports Teams' Moves With 80% Accuracy

Algorithms can predict the in-game actions of volleyball players with more than 80% accuracy, and now the lab is collaborating with the Big Red hockey team to expand the research project's ...

Study Finds Significant Increase in Firearm Assaults in States That Relaxed Conceal Carry Permit Restrictions

A new study has found that the average rate of assaults with firearms increased an average of 9.5 percent relative to forecasted trends in the first 10 years after 34 states relaxed restrictions on ...

Gamers Can Have Their Cake and Eat It Too

New research from Japan shows that multiple cognitive abilities may be empirically measured from a complex game experience depending on the game's ...

Replacing Social Media Use With Physical Activity

If you spend 30 minutes less on social media every day and engage in physical activity instead, you do a lot to improve your mental health, according to a new study. Participants who followed this ...

隐藏巧克力或者在线Purch木材ases from a Partner? 'Guilty' Purchases May Have Benefits, Study Finds

Do you have a secret stash of chocolates that you keep from your partner, or do you intentionally keep your spouse from knowing about something you bought online? New research indicates that small ...

Which Teens Are More Likely to Vape? Research Shows Surprising Patterns Across Race and Sexuality Groups

一项新研究旨在考察不同的电流e-cigarette use prevalence among U.S. youth at the intersections of sexual orientation with race and ...

Smartphones Make Consumers Prefer Unique, Tailored Products

Using our own smartphone -- but not a stranger's phone -- pushes us into an individualistic mindset that has us prefer products and services that are rare, special or customized to our ...

Historical Rates of Enslavement Predict Modern Rates of American Gun Ownership, Study Shows

The higher percentage of enslaved people that a U.S. county counted among its residents in 1860, the more guns its residents have in the present, according to a new analysis by researchers exploring ...

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