Researchers showed online reviews of health facilities took a negative turn after COVID and remain that way

A team from the Champalimaud Foundation (CF) has pinpointed a critical neural circuit for sexual rejection, identifying a set of brain cells that play a crucial role in determining whether a female accepts or rejects mating attempts based on her reproductive cycle. Their findings, published today in Neuron, deepen our understanding of how the brain regulates social and reproductive behaviours.

Spending too much time social networking appears to be a key driver in loneliness, but a new paper published in Telematics and Informatics suggests motivated uses of social networking sites for connecting with people and feeling companionship can also play a role in alleviating it.

HumanTech Summit (Warsaw, Poland – 7-8.12.2024) is a meeting of a human with the latest technologies. The mission of the conference is to connect people representing different experiences and approaches in the field of technology: scientists and practitioners, people with technical and social orientations, and experts from Poland and abroad.

We distance ourselves from completely neutral products if they are liked by people who have political views that we find disagreeable. Even chocolate can be political. This is shown in four studies from Linköping University, Sweden. The behaviour is reinforced if we have to make a decision when others are watching. “From a social perspective, it can unfortunately be rational to distance ourselves from these neutral things, but this contributes to a more polarised society,” says one of the researchers.