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- An evidence based guide to anxiety in autism [pdf] https://www.city.ac.uk/__data/assets/pdf_file/0010/466039/Anxiety-in-Autism-A5-guide.pdf 14 comments
- First of its kind study identified recurring, ‘toxic’ human conversation patterns on social media, common to users irrespective of platform used, topic of discussion, or decade in which conversation took place. Toxic interactions do not seem to deter users from engagement, who actively participate. https://www.city.ac.uk/news-and-events/news/2024/march/new-study-suggests-while-social-media-changes-decades-conversation-dynamics-stay-same 26 comments science
- People are more likely to accept ‘lack of money’ than ‘lack of time’ as credible excuse for breaking New Year’s resolutions. People were more likely to be seen as having good self-control if they claimed they did not have money for a gym membership instead of not having the time to go to the gym. https://www.city.ac.uk/news-and-events/news/2023/12/prone-to-abandoning-new-years-resolutions-bayes-research-suggests-blaming-money-worries-rather-than-being-time-poor 76 comments science
- Study suggests that judgmental forecasting of trends in time-series data, such as weekly sales data, is lower when the information is displayed in bar chart format as opposed to a line graph or point graph https://www.city.ac.uk/news-and-events/news/2023/01/new-study-suggests-forecasting-trends-bar-chart-versus-line-graph-biases-judgement 3 comments science
- Study found that shopping trolleys with horizontal handlebar save shoppers money, as pushing them activates triceps that are associated with rejecting things we don’t like – for example when we push or hold something away from us – https://www.city.ac.uk/news-and-events/news/2021/11/shopping-trolleys-save-shoppers-money-as-pushing-reduces-spending-finds-new-study 280 comments science
- Social media echo chambers may reflect real-life conversations that are linked to the geographic locations of users. The findings contradict the assumption that echo chambers – discussions which only involve people with the same views – are the result of online interactions alone. https://www.city.ac.uk/news/2018/november/brexit-echo-chambers-research 8 comments science
- Being more likeable on first dates and job interviews by focusing on effort rather than talent: People make a good impression on dates or in job interviews by communicating the hard work and effort behind their success, rather than just emphasising their talent, suggests new research. https://www.city.ac.uk/news/2018/october/the-secret-to-being-more-likeable-on-first-dates-and-job-interviews-revealed 977 comments science
- At any given time, people regularly return to a maximum of 25 places. This is the finding of a scientific study that reveals entirely new aspects of human behavior. The study, titled "Evidence for a conserved quantity in human mobility' is based on analyses of 40,000 people's mobile traces https://www.city.ac.uk/news/2018/june/at-any-point-in-life,-people-spend-their-time-in-25-places 22 comments science
- A new study may have revealed the reason that our memory has limitations. The researchers found that trying to retain too much information in our working memory leads to a communication breakdown between parts of the brain responsible for maintaining it. https://www.city.ac.uk/news/2018/april/loss-of-brain-synchrony-may-explain-working-memory-limits,-says-study 35 comments science
- Long $MCD and $YUM https://www.city.ac.uk/news/2018/march/2008-great-recession-led-to-increase-in-obesity,-diabetes-and-mental-health-issues,-says-study 6 comments wallstreetbets
- The 2008 Great Recession led to an increase in obesity, diabetes and mental health issues https://www.city.ac.uk/news/2018/march/2008-great-recession-led-to-increase-in-obesity,-diabetes-and-mental-health-issues,-says-study 1579 comments science
- We see our own lives, and also those we care about, through ‘rose-tinted glasses’. The first study to show ‘optimism bias’ extending beyond self found that people readily changed their beliefs about a person they like when receiving good news but barely changed opinions after receiving bad news. https://www.city.ac.uk/news/2018/february/rose-tinted-glasses-vicarious-optimism-study 17 comments science