Quand la téléréalité sert à étudier les accents
Une nouvelle étude sur la variation des accents au fil du temps a permis de conclure que les interactions sociales intenses au sein de milieux isolés n’avaient qu’une incidence limitée à cet égard....
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High cultural and ethnic diversity can contribute to more democratic societies with better economic management.
View ArticleTax billions to the aviation industry
Studies dealing with subsidies in the aviation industry are few and far between. No one really knows how much money is forwarded to the global aviation industry, but the total is likely to amount to...
View ArticleBrain Composer: Melodien auf das Notenblatt „denken“
Forschende der TU Graz entwickeln neue Brain-Computer-Interface-Anwendung, mit der sich durch Gedankenkraft Musik komponieren lässt. Wie das funktioniert, zeigen sie aktuell im Fachjournal PLOS ONE.
View ArticleSafe sex messages in bars could reduce sexual risk taking
Placing safe sex messages in pubs, bars and clubs could improve the sexual conduct of drinkers. That is the key finding of research that is being presented today at the British Psychological Society’s...
View ArticleYou are what you think you eat
Despite eating the same breakfast, made from the same ingredients, people consumed more calories throughout the day when they believed that one of the breakfasts was less substantial than the other....
View ArticlePeople who view sexually explicit material at a young age are more likely to...
That is the key finding of research by Elysia Walker and Dr Emily Doe from the University of Buckingham being presented today at the annual conference of the British Psychological Society’s Division of...
View ArticleNew immigrants in Germany
The German Research Foundation (DFG) funds study on early integration processes in Germany - a joint research project between the universities of Konstanz, Göttingen and Bamberg
View ArticleA decade later, older Americans are still going hungry
A recent report comparing data from 2007 to 2015 finds 5.4 million people age 60 or older in the U.S., or 8.1 percent, are food insecure. Although this percentage went down from 2014 to 2015, it’s...
View ArticleUT project on resilience of coastal communities across the world
University of Twente professor Tatiana Filatova has been awarded an ERC Starting Grant worth one and a half million euros. She will use this grant, awarded on an individual basis, to carry out research...
View ArticleDrei junge UZH-Forschende mit über vier Millionen Euro ausge-zeichnet
Der Europäische Forschungsrat vergibt insgesamt 4,15 Millionen Euro Fördergelder an drei Forschende der Universität Zürich. Mit den hoch dotierten ERC Starting Grants können die...
View ArticleTweet Life Vs Street Life: Exploring the Gap between Content and Feelings
• Twitter is an unreliable witness to the world’s emotions. • Conversation on Twitter has its own unique grammar, rules and culture. • Online social life doesn’t always reflect offline social reality....
View ArticleFifty–fifty split best for children of divorce
Preschool children in joint physical custody have less psychological symptoms than those who live mostly or only with one parent after a separation. In a new study of 3,656 children, researchers from...
View ArticleThe 13 factors for a successful career
What determines career success? This question has occupied career research, career counseling, organisations and private persons for decades. With the help of a new questionnaire, Bern researchers from...
View ArticleA fair wage for global garment industry workers?
Research by Surrey’s Centre for Environment and Sustainability (CES) has found that Western European garment industry workers in BRIC (Brazil, Russia, India and China) countries earn only half of the...
View ArticleWhat makes alcoholics drink? Research shows it’s more complex than supposed
What makes alcoholics drink? New research has found that in both men and women with alcohol dependence, the major factor predicting the amount of drinking seems to be a question of immediate mood....
View ArticleFirst results of the Bundestag election study: The Google search engine...
Which results are shown by the Google search engine when asked about politicians, parties and the Bundestag election? Are the hits of the results list personalised? This is a question currently being...
View ArticleA National Care Service
The adequate provision of social care is a major issue facing the UK. A near crisis has been triggered by the failures of privatised provision, aggravated by the austerity inflicted upon the NHS....
View ArticleBelief in free will affects causal attributions when judging others’ behavior
Six studies demonstrate that believing in free will increases the correspondence bias and predicts prescribed punishment and reward behavior.
View ArticleBeyond Europe
24/10/2017, International Conference on Politics and Change in Global and Regional Affairs, October 24-25th, 2017 - Poznan, Poland
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