How tablets and YouTube can empower people with intellectual disabilities
About two per cent of Canadians have an intellectual disability (ID). These individuals face substantial challenges—some related to the stigma of their condition, others because of their difficulty...
View ArticleWhat your emojis say about you
When you add a smiley face to the end of a message, you may be saying more than you realise. Emoticons, faces formed from punctuation symbols such as :-), and emojis, picture symbols, are now common...
View ArticleTrust fosters networking and knowledge sharing
A group of researchers from the Niels Bohr Institute have examined how a communication network can arise within a new experiment called 'Expert Game'. They discovered that the driving mechanism for the...
View ArticleUnpaid work experience rife in Australia – report
Unpaid work experience is widespread in Australia, with more than half of young adults having undertaken an unpaid placement, according to research conducted for the Federal Government's Department of...
View ArticleSociologists urge use of big data to study human interaction
The internet dominates our world and each one of us is leaving a larger digital footprint as more time passes. Those footprints are ripe for studying, experts say.
View ArticleSociable crayfish get drunk more easily than loners
Few studies have investigated how prior social experience affects sensitivity to alcohol, but now a study from the University of Maryland shows that sociable crayfish are more sensitive than loners and...
View ArticleNature and nurture dictate the social structure
Climbing the economic ladder depends on personality traits as well as financial and social background according to research from the University of Aberdeen.
View ArticleRoommates not all they're cracked up to be (if you're a lizard)
In a new study of lizard social behaviour, researchers at Macquarie University have discovered that despite their social nature, family-living lizards do not necessarily thrive in a 'share-house'...
View ArticleStudy suggests people less likely to fact check news when in company of other...
(Phys.org)—A trio of researchers with Columbia University has conducted a series of experiments regarding how much effort people are willing to exert in fact-checking news stories. In their paper...
View ArticleSmart tech makes smarter shoppers
Shops will find it pays to wise up to the ways smart technology upgrades customer experience. That's the message from a new study on how people shop.
View ArticleOnline risks are routine for teens, most bounce back
Teens routinely encounter online risks, such as sexual solicitations, cyberbullying and explicit material, but research shows that the negative effects of such exposure appear to be temporary,...
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