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Mindful choice or locked in? Study probes feelings about written consent

People who sign consent forms feel more trapped—not more empowered—than those who give consent verbally, according to new research by Vanessa Bohns, the Braunstein Family Professor in the ILR School, and co-author Roseanna Sommers of […]

Workplace gamification erodes employee moral agency, finds study

What is lost when a worker completes actions—such as helping a client or ensuring safety—in exchange for incentives like digital badges, placement on a leaderboard, or in-office rankings? A study by Carnegie Mellon University researcher […]

Reuniting forcibly separated families: How a machine-learning model can help

Around the world, millions of families have suffered forcible separation, through war, trafficking, natural disasters, or socioeconomic crises. In China, family separation is a particularly large-scale and far-reaching problem. Following the enactment of the country’s […]

Experiments with 1,600 volunteers link social exclusion to higher interest in gossip

Ages ago, when societies were organized around small villages, a person’s security and sense of belonging depended partly on how close they were to the village chiefs and elders. If the village was attacked, those […]

Where are Europe’s oldest people living? What geography tells us about a fragmenting continent

For over a century and a half, life expectancy has steadily increased in the wealthiest countries. Spectacular climbs in longevity have been noted in the 20th century, correlating with the slump in infectious illnesses and […]

Schools are increasingly telling students they must put their phones away. Ohio’s example shows mixed results

Cellphones are everywhere—including, until recently, in schools.This article is brought to you by Phys.Org.

Women have been mapping the world for centuries, and now they’re speaking up for the people left out of those maps

Although women have always been part of the mapping landscape, their contributions to cartography have long been overlooked.This article is brought to you by Phys.Org.

How to ensure affordable, safe and culturally grounded housing for Indigenous older adults

A good home, or Minosin Kikiwa in Cree, is the foundation of dignity in later life, according to the Indigenous seniors who spoke to us. Yet “every year the rent goes sky-high and it’s tough […]

‘Inoculation’ helps people spot political deepfakes, study finds

Informing people about political deepfakes through text-based information and interactive games both improve people’s ability to spot AI-generated video and audio that falsely depict politicians, according to a study my colleagues and I conducted.This article […]

Funny teachers can make classes more enjoyable—if their jokes land

Instructors cracking a joke here and there could make students feel better about the class as a whole, according to new research from the University of Georgia published in the Journal of Microbiology & Biology […]