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Social & Behavior

Updates every hour. Last Updated: 7-Jul-2025 20:10 ET (8-Jul-2025 00:10 GMT/UTC)

28-Feb-2025

How do Asians express emotions through body movement?

Tohoku University
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Researchers used motion capture technology to create a database of body language – ranging from happiness to contempt – targeted towards an Asian population for the first time.

Journal: Behavior Research Methods

28-Feb-2025

E. coli strain in Egyptian dairy products also found in Japan school outbreak

Osaka Metropolitan University
Peer-Reviewed Publication

An Osaka Metropolitan University-led Egypt-Japan research team found E. coli prevalent in over 25% of popular milk and dairy products in Egypt and discovered that one of the strains isolated there in 2018 had the same properties as the E. coli that caused food poisoning in more than 1,800 schoolchildren in Japan in 2021.

Journal: International Dairy Journal
Funder: Osaka Prefecture University, Osaka Metropolitan University, Egypt-Japan Education Partnership, MEXT Scholarship

27-Feb-2025

The cost of domestic violence to women's employment and education

University of Technology Sydney
Reports and Proceedings

A new report quantifies for the first time the employment and educational impacts of domestic violence on Australian women.

Funder: Paul Ramsay Foundation

27-Feb-2025

Remote work “a protective shield” against gender discrimination

University of Toronto, Rotman School of Management
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Having staff physically in the workplace benefits companies and employees through stronger team collaboration and informal mentorship. But as organizations continue to corral employees back into the office, they should recognize that women pay a price through increased exposure to gender discrimination,

Journal: Organization Science
Funder: Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada, Canada Research Chairs Program, Institute for Pandemics, University of Toronto, Institute for Gender and the Economy, University of Toronto

27-Feb-2025

Guidelines for designing consent materials and procedures for autistic adults and people with intellectual disability

Mary Ann Liebert, Inc./Genetic Engineering News
Peer-Reviewed Publication

A new article in Autism and Adulthood presents guidelines for designing consent materials and procedures for autistic adults and people with intellectual disability and asserts that participatory methods are vital to the success of ongoing accessibility initiatives.

Journal: Autism in Adulthood

27-Feb-2025

Self-driving cars learn to share road knowledge through digital word-of-mouth

NYU Tandon School of Engineering
Reports and Proceedings

An NYU Tandon School of Engineering-led research team has developed a way for self-driving vehicles to share their knowledge about road conditions indirectly, making it possible for each vehicle to learn from the experiences of others even when they rarely meet on the road.

Meeting: The 39th Annual AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence

27-Feb-2025

Emerging treatments for social disconnection in psychiatric illness

Brain & Behavior Research Foundation
Meeting Announcement

The Brain & Behavior Research Foundation (BBRF) invites the public to a free webinar, “Emerging Treatments for Social Disconnection in Psychiatric Illness” on Tuesday, March 11, 2025, at 2:00 pm ET. Register Now to explore groundbreaking research on the mental health issue: social disconnection.