Social & Behavior
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Researchers develop user-friendly tool for improving ocean equity
Duke UniversityPeer-Reviewed Publication
The Ocean Equity Index is a scorecard that anyone can use to assess the extent to which ocean projects and policies recognize relevant stakeholders, include them in decision-making and otherwise treat them fairly.
- Journal
- Nature
Antitrust crackdowns may reduce corporate know-how
University of Texas at AustinPeer-Reviewed Publication
Starting in 2022, the U.S. Department of Justice and the Federal Trade Commission staged renewed crackdowns, leading to at least 21 board resignations.
But new research from Texas McCombs suggests efforts to reduce collusion and protect consumers may come with unintended consequences: worse corporate governance through loss of industry experience.
- Journal
- Journal of Accounting and Economics
One in four teens face violence, higher substance use
University of Texas at ArlingtonPeer-Reviewed Publication
One in four U.S. adolescents is exposed to violence in their neighborhood, and those teens are more than twice as likely to use cigarettes, alcohol or drugs to cope, according to a new study from The University of Texas at Arlington.
- Journal
- Journal of Affective Disorders
Bird’s nest parenting helps keep a child's life stable after parents have separated
Estonian Research CouncilReports and Proceedings
Babies understand verbs at just 10 months, study shows
University of East AngliaPeer-Reviewed Publication
New research reveals that by 10 months old, infants are already beginning to understand verbs, before they even say their first words.The study, from the University of East Anglia and Cardiff University, is the first to test infants' understanding of verbs using brain imaging technology. The team measured brain rhythms to visualise babies’ understanding of these word classes. And they found that by 10 months, babies could detect inconsistencies between actions and the verbs describing them.
- Journal
- Cortex
CIIS and the Kinsey Institute present "Desire on the Couch," an exhibition examining psychology and sexuality
Kinsey InstituteMeeting Announcement
Desire on the Couch is a thought-provoking exhibition coming to San Francisco January 28th. Co-organized by the California Institute of Integral Studies and the Kinsey Institute, the exhibition makes its debut during the American Psychoanalytic Association's annual meeting. Tracing a century-long struggle over how sexuality is measured, medicalized, and experienced, visitors are invited to explore rarely-seen letters, photographs, and archival materials that reveal how ideas about sexuality and desire have long been argued over, resisted, and reimagined.