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Research explores how bad behaviour can be reduced at work

Norwich [UK], February 27 (ANI): People who can self-reflect and regulate their moral behaviour are more likely to bounce back following a failure rather than deviate from their 'moral compass' and misbehave, suggests the findings of a recent study.

2022-02-27T10:15:58.926826+00:00 IST

Study finds impatient, risk-tolerant people more often become criminals

Copenhagen [Denmark], February 26 (ANI): Researchers from the Center for Economic Behavior and Inequality at the University of Copenhagen tested the assumption that character traits such as risk tolerance and impatience are more prevalent among criminals.

2022-02-26T18:17:06.872666+00:00 IST

Women who have experienced sexual violence more likely to develop high blood pressure, says study

Massachusetts [US], February 22 (ANI): According to the WHO, during their lifetime one in three women is subjected to physical or sexual violence by an intimate partner or sexual violence from a non-partner. Women who have ever experienced sexual violence in their lifetime are more likely to develop high blood pressure, according to study of women in the United States.

2022-02-22T17:36:10.051568+00:00 IST

Palindrome? Ambigram? Tuesday? Two's Day? Today is all of it! Confused? Read on!

New Delhi [India], February 22 (ANI): It was just a fine Tuesday morning when people were waking up and preparing themselves for the day when suddenly everyone's phones started beeping... Unlike the usual 'Good Morning' thoughts and eye-opening unwanted quotes, this time, the messages were about 22.02.2022 being a palindrome and an ambigram!

2022-02-22T10:54:56.175650+00:00 IST

Impatient, risk-tolerant people more often become criminals, says study

Copenhagen [Denmark], February 22 (ANI): Does a person's tolerance level to the people and situations around him have a bearing on his urge to commit crimes? A recent study has suggested so.

2022-02-22T08:43:36.862117+00:00 IST

Study says social media echo chambers spread misinformation about vaccines

Kongens Lyngby [Denmark], February 21 (ANI): With the pandemic increasing people's dependence on their phones for information, one major backlash has been the spread of misinformation regarding vaccines. WHO has named vaccine hesitancy one of the greatest threats to global health. Nonetheless, some people are hesitant or refuse to get vaccinated because they do not trust vaccines and health authorities. Recent research from DTU has opened up about this.

2022-02-21T10:47:21.477446+00:00 IST

Researchers discover pre-primary education played important role in preventing COVID learning losses

Cambridge [England], February 20 (ANI): A new study has shown that pre-primary education is essential in preventing 'alarming' learning losses due to COVID.

2022-02-20T17:56:59.143412+00:00 IST

Having greenery around hospitals can ease confusion, anger: Study

West Virginia [US], February 20 (ANI): Walking and moving around large hospitals can feel like being stuck in a trap. For patients and visitors, finding the way from one point to another inside a visually-bland medical complex exacerbates an already stressed mental state. One landscape architecture researcher at West Virginia University has suggested a possible solution: Let nature in.

2022-02-20T09:43:04.067465+00:00 IST

Majority of unemployed youth have criminal records, says study

California [US], February 20 (ANI): It isn't uncommon to open newspapers nowadays and see the shocking rise in crime rates. More so, crimes committed by young people. According to a new RAND Corporation Study, more than half of unemployed American men in their 30s have a history of being arrested or convicted of a crime, a stigma that poses a barrier to them participating in the nation's labour force.

2022-02-20T06:00:19.301989+00:00 IST

First evidence indicating respiratory infection in dinosaurs discovered

Washington [US], February 19 (ANI): Scientists have discovered the first evidence of a unique respiratory infection in the fossilized remains of a dinosaur that lived nearly 150 million years ago.

2022-02-19T18:10:09.659804+00:00 IST

Loneliness has different neural basis than social anxiety: Study

Connecticut [US], February 19 (ANI): According to new research, loneliness and social anxiety are driven by different brain states despite similar symptoms.

2022-02-19T17:49:13.871376+00:00 IST

Study: COVID-19, lockdowns led to drop in digital music streaming

Baltimore (Maryland) [US], February 19 (ANI): Though music has the power to set our mood for anything, however, recent research has revealed that music streaming services were hit hard by the COVID-19 pandemic.

2022-02-19T11:21:57.410050+00:00 IST

Smartphone app use may reveal your identity: Study

London [UK], February 18 (ANI): According to researchers, the time a person spends on different smartphone apps is enough to identify them from a larger group in more than one in three cases.

2022-02-18T16:25:32.776164+00:00 IST

Study challenges advice to perform different tasks at specific times

Washington [US], February 18 (ANI): Contrary to popular productivity advice, the optimal time of day to write emails, conduct meetings or crunch numbers does not inherently differ from task to task, according to research led by Washington State University sleep scientists.

2022-02-18T14:50:38.579430+00:00 IST

Music therapy improves pain coping ability for patients with sickle cell disease: Study

Cleveland (Ohio) [US], February 17 (ANI): Sickle cell anemia is an inherited red blood cell disorder, in which there aren't enough healthy red blood cells to carry oxygen throughout your body. A new study from University Hospitals (UH) Connor Whole Health found that patients with Sickle Cell Disease (SCD) who participated in music therapy learned new self-management skills and improved their ability to cope with pain.

2022-02-17T12:51:48.685677+00:00 IST

Majority of postmenopausal women experience female pattern hair loss: Study

Ohio [US], February 16 (ANI): Both men and women tend to lose their hair as they age. But women also have the added risk associated with a decline in oestrogen levels during the menopause transition. A new study has identified the prevalence of female pattern hair loss (FPHL), hair characteristics, and associated factors in healthy postmenopausal women.

2022-02-16T09:41:33.732013+00:00 IST

Research finds digital music streaming dropped due to COVID-19, lockdowns

Baltimore (Maryland) [US], February 15 (ANI): Music is an inseparable part of everyone's lives. It is often the only way we can get through a boring or depressing day and has the power to set our mood for anything. However, recent research revealed that music streaming services were hit hard by the COVID-19 pandemic.

2022-02-15T18:09:54.837563+00:00 IST

Researchers combine traditional mandala colouring and brain sensing technologies to aid mindfulness

Lancashire [England], February 14 (ANI): Mandalas are geometric configurations of shapes with their origins in Buddhist traditions. The colouring of mandala shapes has become increasingly popular as a way for people to attempt 'mindfulness', a way of being present in the moment. Recent research has said that combining centuries-old traditional mandala colouring with cutting-edge computing and brain-sensing technologies could lead to new ways of helping people achieve mindfulness.

2022-02-14T12:17:09.396743+00:00 IST

Study sheds light on how personal commonalities can foster closeness of political views

Heidelberg [Germany], February 12 (ANI): It is natural to feel close to people who are similar to us, especially those who share our interests or partake in related activities. This natural feeling of closeness can be funnelled to reduce political differences and increase consensus on conflictual political topics. That was the discovery made by an international team of researchers led by Dr Stefano Balietti.

2022-02-12T18:05:10.602107+00:00 IST

Research explores social perspective and mathematics

Manchester [England], February 12 (ANI): Community structure, which includes relationships between and within groups, is essential and foundational to our understanding of the world around us. Now, new research by mathematics and statistics professor Kenneth Berenhaut, along with former postdoctoral fellow Katherine Moore and graduate student Ryan Melvin, has shed new light on some fundamental statistical questions.

2022-02-12T07:05:42.589384+00:00 IST

Study says people with similar musical preferences bond well worldwide

Cambridge [England], February 9 (ANI): People all over the world are known to bond over movies, book preferences, even the way they prefer to work. Research involving more than 350,000 participants from over 50 countries and 6 continents has found that links between musical preferences and personality are universal.

2022-02-09T08:46:40.589417+00:00 IST