Schüler und Gesellschaft profitieren von Auslandsjahr
Psychologen der Uni Jena untersuchen die Persönlichkeitsentwicklung bei Austauschschülern. In einer aktuellen Studie im "Journal of Youth and Adolescence" legen sie Ergebnisse vor, die belegen, dass...
View ArticleExposure to violence during pregnancy increases risk of prematurity and low...
Queen Mary University of London and University of Leicester study suggests stress-induced events have negative effects on unborn children in early pregnancy
View ArticleHow children perceive faces: Seven-year-olds show different brain activities...
Seven-year-olds show different brain activities than adults when it comes to facial perception. This is reported by the workgroup Developmental Neuropsychology at the Ruhr-Universität Bochum. The brain...
View Article‘Body politics’ in Lena Dunham’s Girls influenced by feminist television and...
How Lena Dunham’s hit US television series Girls treats the female body and sexuality is explored in a study published in Feminist Media Studies. According to Jessica Ford of the University of New...
View ArticleNew research shows lack of communication a major cause for the vulnerability...
“…procedures for security at airports is fairly universal, but there isn’t a consistent approach for land transport…”. The need for better staff training also highlighted. Following successful...
View ArticleFlexible hours 'controlled by management' cause stress and damage home lives...
Researcher calls on new DWP Minister Stephen Crabb to acknowledge distinction between flexible scheduling controlled by managers to maximise profit, damaging lives of the low-paid in the process, and...
View ArticleSociety deemed fairer by individuals given the smallest chance to improve...
Researchers look at procedural fairness and find that people are generally more willing to accept unequal outcomes if they have been achieved by what they perceive as fair means, even where the means...
View ArticleUniversity of Leicester pioneers project to improve distraction burglary...
Criminologists to produce ‘best practice’ guide to help law enforcement detect distraction burglary cases A new ‘best practice’ guide to help police forces detect cases of distraction burglary...
View ArticleDecent Jobs and Wage-led Growth in the UK and Europe: University of Greenwich
28/04/2016, John McDonnell MP, the Shadow Chancellor, is among the speakers at next week’s University of Greenwich conference about the creation of decent jobs and wage-led growth in the UK and Europe.
View ArticleAndreas Zick Wins 2016 Communicator Award
Bielefeld professor recognised for science communication contributions in the fields of conflict research, discrimination and violence in society / Award ceremony on 4 July in Mainz
View ArticleCommunicator-Preis 2016 an Andreas Zick
Auszeichnung für vielfältige, langjährige und engagierte Vermittlung von Forschungen zu Konflikten, Diskriminierung und Gewalt in der Gesellschaft / Verleihung am 4. Juli in Mainz
View ArticleThe more you run, the denser your bones will be
Spanish researchers have analysed the effect of endurance running training on the stiffness index, a variable that is directly related to bone quality. The results confirm that the greater the race...
View ArticleEating dark chocolate as a daily snack could help boost athletic performance,...
A study carried out at London’s Kingston University has found that dark chocolate provides similar benefits to beetroot juice in terms of boosting athletic performance. A team led by postgraduate...
View ArticleWhy German chefs are awarded more Michelin stars than Brits
Restaurants in Germany are awarded significantly more Michelin stars than those in Britain due to a greater emphasis on industry training and apprenticeship, a new LSE and University of Cambridge study...
View Article5 questions about bullying
From sleep problems to suicide attempts: the consequences of bullying can be very serious. The National Day against Bullying (in the Netherlands 19 April) is the opportunity for Leiden psychologist...
View ArticleThe growing use of female suicide bombers comes under scrutiny
“…violence by women is one of the categories of crime that has shown the sharpest rise internationally…” Women suicide bombers – able to pass more easily through checkpoints – could become a mounting...
View ArticleWhat makes a nation patriotic?
It could be expected that national pride stems from contented citizens living fulfilled and joyful lives in their own cherished nation. However, Gal Ariely’s recently published cross-country study in...
View ArticleMetadating: Putting the data into dating
Heart rate, step counts and sleeping patterns may not be the most romantic of topics - but what would happen if you started talking about them on a date?
View ArticleSatellite project to protect threatened ecosystems will monitor Kenya’s...
University of Leicester researchers will visit Kenya from 25 – 29 April to start a new climate change initiative
View ArticleInterrogation computers work ... if you believe they are human controlled
Avatars can potentially make interrogations more efficient. However, a study by psychologists based at the Institute for Innovation and Governance Studies, a University of Twente research institute,...
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