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Assigning workers to new networks boosts sustainability Posted: 17 Oct 2019 10:14 AM PDT Innovation comes from people in different units who have new knowledge, and a new study about conservation organizations suggests encouraging employees to think and act outside network boxes from time to time. |
Evidence of behavioral, biological similarities between compulsive overeating and addiction Posted: 17 Oct 2019 09:52 AM PDT Does yo-yo dieting drive compulsive eating? There may be a connection. According to researchers the chronic cyclic pattern of overeating followed by undereating, reduces the brain's ability to feel reward and may drive compulsive eating. This finding suggests that future research into treatment of compulsive eating behavior should focus on rebalancing the mesolimbic dopamine system -- the part of the brain responsible for feeling reward or pleasure. |
Bad break-ups may not trigger weight gain from emotional eating Posted: 17 Oct 2019 09:19 AM PDT That pint of ice cream after a nasty breakup may not do as much damage as you think. Despite the emotional turmoil, people on average do not report gaining weight after a relationship dissolution, according to new research. |
Image analysis to automatically quantify gender bias in movies Posted: 17 Oct 2019 08:17 AM PDT Many commercial films worldwide continue to express womanhood in a stereotypical manner, a recent study using image analysis showed. A research team developed a novel image analysis method for automatically quantifying the degree of gender bias in in films. |
Mothers' behavior influences bonding hormone oxytocin in babies Posted: 17 Oct 2019 08:17 AM PDT A new epigenetic study now suggests that mothers' behavior can also have a substantial impact on their children's developing oxytocin systems. |
DEET gives humans an 'invisibilty cloak' to fend off mosquito bites Posted: 17 Oct 2019 08:16 AM PDT Since its invention during the Second World War for soldiers stationed in countries where malaria transmission rates were high, researchers have worked to pinpoint precisely how DEET actually affects mosquitoes. |
Daily exposure to blue light may accelerate aging, even if it doesn't reach your eyes Posted: 17 Oct 2019 07:12 AM PDT Prolonged exposure to blue light, such as that which emanates from your phone, computer and household fixtures, could be affecting your longevity, even if it's not shining in your eyes. New research suggests that the blue wavelengths produced by light-emitting diodes damage cells in the brain as well as retinas, according to a new study in a model organism. |
Consumers trust influencers less when there is a variety of choices for a product Posted: 16 Oct 2019 12:36 PM PDT Consumers have been relying on opinion leader recommendations to make choices about product quality and purchases for a long time. It is even more prominent now with the prevalence of influencers on social media platforms. The problem is, when there is a wide variety of the same product, consumers question if a positive recommendation is based on quality or personal preferences. |
Do we trust artificial intelligence agents to mediate conflict? Not entirely Posted: 16 Oct 2019 06:49 AM PDT We may listen to facts from Siri or Alexa, or directions from Google Maps or Waze, but would we let a virtual agent enabled by artificial intelligence help mediate conflict among team members? A new study says not just yet. |
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