Social & Behavior

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9-Jul-2025

The psychological and neurological parallels between sports fandom and religious devotion

Taylor & Francis Group
Book Announcement

An in-depth exploration of the psychology of sports fandom has revealed striking similarities between the neurological and psychological patterns of devoted sports fans and religious dedication.

9-Jul-2025

Murals boost Cincinnati’s vitality, community development

University of Cincinnati
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Now, a new study published in the international urban design journal Cities offers fresh insights into how murals contribute to vibrant, walkable neighborhoods. The study is led by Hyesun Jeong, assistant professor of urban design in the University of Cincinnati’s School of Art at the College of Design, Architecture, Art, and Planning (DAAP).

Journal

Cities

9-Jul-2025

Source criticism in school requires more than isolated interventions

Uppsala University
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Short teaching interventions on disinformation have no long-term effect on upper secondary school students’ ability to distinguish between credible and misleading news. Strengthening school students’ resilience to disinformation requires more than isolated interventions on source criticism. A new study of 459 Swedish upper secondary school students, is no published in PLOS One.

Journal

PLOS One

9-Jul-2025

Egyptian donkeys may have been incorporated into ritual burials - while local donkeys were part of the menu - in the Early Bronze Age in present-day Israel, per analysis of four complete donkey skeletons and other remains

PLOS
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Egyptian donkeys may have been incorporated into ritual burials - while local donkeys were part of the menu - in the Early Bronze Age in present-day Israel, per analysis of four complete donkey skeletons and other remains

Journal

PLOS One

9-Jul-2025

Five common cancers (lung, stomach, colorectal, liver, and breast) occur more often in communities with low employment rates or low incomes, per analysis of 16 years of data on Japanese adults

PLOS
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Five common cancers (lung, stomach, colorectal, liver, and breast) occur more often in communities with low employment rates or low incomes, per analysis of 16 years of data on Japanese adults

Journal

PLOS One

9-Jul-2025

Loneliness predicts poor mental and physical health outcomes

PLOS
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Loneliness is common and is a strong and independent predictor of depression and poor health outcomes, according to a new study published July 9, 2025 in the open-access journal PLOS One by Dr. Oluwasegun Akinyemi, a Senior Research Fellow at the Howard University College of Medicine, Washington DC, U.S.

Journal

PLOS One

9-Jul-2025

Processing our technological angst through humor

Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Book Announcement

In a new book, MIT literature professor Benjamin Mangrum explores how we deal with our doubts and fears about computing through humor, whether reconciling ourselves to machines or critiquing them.