Hungarian and Vietnamese refugees who had arrived in Canada during two of the largest refugee movements in Canadian history report that strong social connections, supportive communities, and opportunities for belonging played a crucial role in helping them build successful lives, according to a new University of Toronto study.

Psychologists report that people can engage in meaningful self-expansion with or without a romantic partner. Being single can be a unique and meaningful opportunity for personal growth, according to new research in Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin. 

Researchers at the University of Bath and The London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) believe they may have solved a long-standing evolutionary puzzle: why do humans remain stubbornly overconfident of their own abilities– even though it leads to costly mistakes?

The study, published in the Psychological Review, suggests that overconfidence, believing you are better than you actually are, persists not despite its costs - but because of them.

Researchers at the University of Bath and The London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) believe they may have solved a long-standing evolutionary puzzle: why do humans remain stubbornly overconfident of their own abilities– even though it leads to costly mistakes?

The study, published in the Psychological Review, suggests that overconfidence, believing you are better than you actually are, persists not despite its costs - but because of them.

Growing backlogs in Education, Health and Care Needs Assessments (EHCNAs) are making it difficult for educational psychologists to prioritise early intervention because they are weighed down by statutory assessments.

Study tracked association between death rates and tree canopy changes across 11 years in Chicago. Overall tree canopy per year was less important than year-to-year changes for mortality risk. South and West side neighborhoods experience hot summers, greater absolute canopy losses and higher mortality. Planting 14,000 trees per year was estimated to save 105 lives annually.

Drs. Maria Glymour, Andrew Stokes, and Deborah Carr will lead the Boston University-Quantitative Population Science and Healthy Cognitive Aging Research Program (BU-SHARP) to foster national research collaboration on preventing and ameliorating the consequences of Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias in disproportionately affected populations.