Social & Behavior

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30-Jun-2025

Low-income patients experience greatest financial burden from health insurance claim denials

University of Massachusetts Amherst
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Low-income patients—and their healthcare providers—are less likely to challenge denials of their health insurance claims than those with household incomes above $50,000, according to University of Massachusetts Amherst research.  

 

Journal

Health Affairs

Funder

Commonwealth Fund

30-Jun-2025

It takes a village: Chimpanzee babies do better when their moms have social connections

Duke University
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Using over 30 years of data from Gombe National Park, a new Duke University study has found that the best predictor for the survival of chimpanzee infants isn’t rank, male allies or proximity to family, but rather social integration with other females.

Journal

iScience

Funder

Jane Goodall Institute

30-Jun-2025

Killer whales, kind gestures: Orcas offer food to humans in the wild

American Psychological Association
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Like a proud cat leaving a bird on its owner’s doorstep, orcas – also called killer whales – may sometimes offer to share their prey with humans, according to research published by the American Psychological Association. 

Journal

Journal of Comparative Psychology

30-Jun-2025

Fact or fiction? The ADHD info dilemma

Syracuse University
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Syracuse University psychologists conducted a study exploring how misinformation about ADHD spread through TikTok affects college-age individuals’ knowledge and perception of the disorder.

Journal

European Child & Adolescent Psychiatry

30-Jun-2025

Using music to explore the dynamics of emotions

Society for Neuroscience
Peer-Reviewed Publication

While listening to evocative music, the human brain transitions between emotions in a way that depends on the previous emotional context.

Journal

eNeuro

Funder

National Institute on Aging

30-Jun-2025

How the brain supports social processing as people age

Society for Neuroscience
Peer-Reviewed Publication

With age comes cognitive decline, but a neural pathway for mental health and emotional resilience may adapt over time to help process faces that are difficult to read.

Journal

JNeurosci

Funder

Kavli Foundation and Research Council of Norway

30-Jun-2025

Study reveals that internet searches can hinder creativity

Carnegie Mellon University
Peer-Reviewed Publication

When asked to brainstorm new and creative uses for a common object, many people’s first instinct may be to search online and see what ideas already exist before putting pen to paper. Interestingly, doing so might come at a cost to collective creativity, according to research out of Carnegie Mellon University.

Journal

Memory & Cognition