Social & Behavior
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"Where are you going all alone?" Men as victims of verbal harassment through virtual reality
Università di BolognaPeer-Reviewed Publication
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- Scientific Reports
Moral arguments about care and fairness persuade both liberals and conservatives
Stockholm UniversityPeer-Reviewed Publication
A new study in Public Opinion Quarterly shows that moral arguments appealing to care and fairness can persuade both liberals and conservatives in the United States. By contrast, arguments grounded in the “binding” moral foundations – loyalty, authority and sanctity – primarily influence conservatives.
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- Marianne and Marcus Wallenberg Foundation, European Research Council
Numbers in our sights affect how we perceive space
Tokyo Metropolitan UniversityPeer-Reviewed Publication
Tokyo, Japan – Researchers from Tokyo Metropolitan University have studied the relationship between numerical information in our vision, and how it affects our perception of space. Volunteers were asked to identify the center of lines and squares filled with numbers; how far they were from the true center revealed unexpected biases. Crucially, their work with squares showed how our perception of space is a complex interplay between “object-based” processing and our processing of numerical information.
- Journal
- Scientific Reports
How talking slows eye movements behind the wheel
Fujita Health UniversityPeer-Reviewed Publication
New research from Fujita Health University reveals that talking can subtly delay the eyes’ ability to detect and stabilize on visual information. In experiments comparing talking, listening, and control conditions, only talking caused slower reaction, movement, and fixation times during rapid eye-movement tasks. Because driving depends heavily on fast gaze shifts, these delays may impair hazard detection and slow physical responses. The findings highlight the hidden risks of engaging in conversation while driving.
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- PLOS One
New study explores how experienced chinese teachers notice students’ mathematics learning
ECNU Review of EducationEffective teacher noticing supports teacher learning by enabling reflection of what was noticed, or missed, during teaching. A new study examined two primary school mathematics teachers from China to understand their professional noticing in everyday classroom contexts. The researchers investigated what teachers noticed about students' mathematics learning and how this noticing translated into instructional decisions.
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- ECNU Review of Education
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- Guangdong Planning Office of Philosophy and Social Science
Dynamic decision-making of UAV swarm based on constrained multi-objective optimization under incomplete interference information
Tsinghua University PressPeer-Reviewed Publication
The challenge of resource allocation for UAV swarms in dynamic and uncertain electromagnetic environments has been investigated for years. In a recent breakthrough published in the Chinese Journal of Aeronautics, a novel intelligent decision-making framework that addresses incomplete interference information has emerged. This innovative framework integrates fuzzy logic for uncertainty modeling, dynamic constrained multi-objective optimization, and transfer learning, enabling UAV swarms to achieve autonomous and efficient spectrum allocation under rapidly changing conditions while maintaining both communication performance and security.
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- Chinese Journal of Aeronautics