Category: Society

Novel recommendations were associated with less information fatigue among 425 social media users

A study of 425 adult social media users found that perceived recommendation novelty was associated...

Children across six cultures reliably helped peers, but the way they helped changed with age

A cross-cultural experiment involving 336 children found reliable peer helping across six societies, while age...

Boys preferred larger groups from preschool age, while infants showed no preference

A study spanning infancy, preschool and adulthood found that boys preferred members of larger groups...

New AI model improved multimodal fake-news detection on two real-world datasets

A new multimodal AI system improved fake-news classification accuracy by 2.2 percentage points on Weibo...

Parents and childcare workers agreed that facilities matter most, but valued different surroundings

A survey of 308 parents and 245 childcare workers in Japan found that facility quality...

AI made online petitions 49% longer without improving their success

A natural experiment covering 1.5 million Change.org petitions found that AI access made petitions longer...

Positive childhood experiences were linked to adult well-being across three countries

A preregistered study of 1,401 adults in the US, UK and Japan linked supportive childhood...

Only 7.2% of rural women farmers in South African study had household internet access

A national survey analysis found household internet access was rare among rural women farmers, with...

Pharmacy access followed opposite deprivation patterns in Milan and Taranto

Pharmacy access followed different deprivation patterns in Milan and Taranto, while high deprivation clustered strongly...

Nearly half of 412 Pakistani adults reported unhealthy meal patterns, with women more affected

A study of 412 Pakistani adults found unhealthy meal patterns in 46.1%, with sociocultural pressures...

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