For years nutrition experts have warned about the many risks of eating ultra-processed foods: among them obesity, cardiovascular disease and diabetes. Instead, they advise that consumers opt for more natural offerings. So how, then, are shoppers determining the naturalness of a food? According to a new UBC Sauder study, they’re using product shelf lives as a shorthand, even when they aren’t a reliable indicator. 

Bentham Books announces the release of Human-Computer Interaction in Industry 5.0: Innovation, Sustainability and the Future of Work, a multidisciplinary examination of how emerging technologies are reshaping the workplace.Bentham Books announces the release of Human-Computer Interaction in Industry 5.0: Innovation, Sustainability and the Future of Work, a multidisciplinary examination of how emerging technologies are reshaping the workplace.

The most dramatic shift in human communication patterns in history is underway – the migration of social life onto screens – and researchers have issued stark warnings about the long-term impact on the health of our social species.

- KAIST and Western University in Canada have examined how group attachment security shapes the expression and acceptance of minority opinions

- When relational worries ease, people can focus on the problem itself, expressing dissenting opinions in greater detail and more persuasively

- Majority members may also view securely-attached minority opinions as useful information, suggesting potential to reduce groupthink and improve decision-making

Sage announces the launch of Disinformation: An Interdisciplinary Journal, a new peer-reviewed, open access journal examining how disinformation is produced, circulated, and understood across societies and cultures.