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Social & Behavior

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7-Feb-2025

Social media's double-edged sword: New study links both active and passive use to rising loneliness

Baylor University
Peer-Reviewed Publication

In an age where social media promises to connect us, a new study reveals a sobering paradox - the more time we spend interacting online, the lonelier we may feel. Researchers at Baylor University’s Hankamer School of Business analyzed a study that followed nearly 7,000 Dutch adults for nine years to understand how our digital habits shape our well-being.

Journal: Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin

7-Feb-2025

nTIDE February 2025 Jobs Report: Labor force participation rate for people with disabilities hits an all-time high

Kessler Foundation
Reports and Proceedings

This January, the labor force participation rate for people with disabilities reached an all-time high of 42.0 percent, compared to the prior high of 41.7 percent set in May 2024. This finding shows that people with disabilities continue to strive to work to break out of the plateau they achieved emerging from the COVID-19 pandemic.

Funder: National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research, Kessler Foundation

7-Feb-2025

Virginia Tech scientists discover mitochondria’s role in shaping memory circuits

Virginia Tech
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Virginia Tech neuroscientists have uncovered a mitochondrial process that helps brain cells adapt and strengthen connections, supporting learning, memory, and social recognition. Their research, focused on the hippocampal CA2 region in mice, reveals that mitochondria in these neurons vary depending on their location, with those at distant synapses relying on a key calcium-regulating protein (MCU). Removing this protein disrupted plasticity at these outer synapses, highlighting how mitochondrial function shapes cognitive processes and may contribute to neurological disorders.

Journal: Scientific Reports
Funder: NIH/National Institute of Mental Health

7-Feb-2025

Brain waves measure the effect of anti-alcohol campaigns

University of Konstanz
Peer-Reviewed Publication

To evaluate the effectiveness of public video campaigns against risky alcohol consumption, psychologists from the Konstanz Cluster of Excellence "Collective Behaviour" used EEG measurements to examine the synchronization of brain activity in groups of viewers. In a recent study, they present new ways to bring the method out of the laboratory and into real-life application in the public health sector.

Journal: Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience

7-Feb-2025

Terasaki Institute for Biomedical Innovation announces recipients of inaugural Keith Terasaki Mid-Career Innovation Award

Terasaki Institute for Biomedical Innovation
Grant and Award Announcement

The Terasaki Institute for Biomedical Engineering (TIBI) is pleased to announce their selection of Dr. Liangfang Zhang - Irwin Jacobs Chancellor’s Endowed Chair Professor at the University of California San Diego, and Dr. Aydogan Ozcan – Chancellor’s Professor, UCLA & Professor, Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI), as the recipients of the inaugural Keith Terasaki Mid-Career Innovation Award. These awards will be presented at the 3rd Annual Terasaki Innovation Summit, to be held March 5-7, 2025, at the Terasaki Institute Research Headquarters in Woodland Hills, California.

7-Feb-2025

ALS survival may be cut short by living in disadvantaged communities

Michigan Medicine - University of Michigan
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Living in a disadvantaged community may decrease the length of time a person can survive with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, or ALS, by over 30%, a study suggests. Similar studies have shown that living in resource-deprived areas is associated with a higher burden of Alzheimer’s Disease and related dementias.

Journal: Neurology
Funder: NIH/National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, NIH/National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, NIH/National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, NIH/National Institute on Aging, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

7-Feb-2025

How neighborhood perception affects housing rents: A novel analytical approach

Osaka Metropolitan University
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Osaka Metropolitan University researchers have developed a highly accurate method for predicting rents by applying computer vision and machine learning models to street view images.

Journal: Habitat International
Funder: Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, Japan Science and Technology Agency