News tagged with social skill
Researchers identify parallel mechanism monkeys and humans use to recognize faces
Jun 25, 2009 |
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Researchers at the Yerkes National Primate Research Center, Emory University, have demonstrated for the first time rhesus monkeys and humans share a specific perceptual mechanism, configural perception, for discriminating ...
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Lack of social support tied to parental depression
Sep 28, 2009 |
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The latest research from Family Relations shows that parents in low-income environments are more prone to depression when there is a lack of social support. This is especially prevalent in rural regions, where mental health ...
Here's one I made earlier: Chimps learn from watching videos
Jul 01, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Lots of species have been discovered to use simple tools. Some birds use twigs to pull grubs out of their hiding places, and chimpanzees will strip leaves from branches to fish for termites ...
Model helps computers sort data more like humans
Technology / Computer Sciences
Aug 25, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Humans have a natural tendency to find order in sets of information, a skill that has proven difficult to replicate in computers. Faced with a large set of data, computers don't know where ...
Social tolerance allows bonobos to outperform chimpanzees on a cooperative task
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Mar 08, 2007 |
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In experiments designed to deepen our understanding of how cooperative behavior evolves, researchers have found that bonobos, a particularly sociable relative of the chimpanzee, are more successful than chimpanzees at cooperating ...
Social phobics more affected by scowling faces
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Feb 03, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- See something disturbing? Maybe it's a scene from the nightly news of someone being beaten in a riot, or a person scowling at you in a crowd.
Virtual reality teaches autistic children street crossing
Jan 28, 2008 |
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Recent research conducted at the University of Haifa found that children with autism improved their road safety skills after practicing with a unique virtual reality system. "Children with autism rarely have opportunities ...
Maths plus 'geeky' images equals deterred students
May 12, 2008 |
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Images of maths ‘geeks’ stop people from studying mathematics or using it in later life, shows research funded by the Economic and Social Research Council.
Man's best friend lends insight into human evolution
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Mar 01, 2007 |
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Flexibly drawing inferences about the intentions of other individuals in order to cooperate in complex tasks is a basic part of everyday life that we humans take for granted. But, according to evolutionary psychologist Brian ...
Businesspeople Who Are Too Sure Of Their Abilities Are Less Savvy Entrepreneurs: New Study
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
May 13, 2008 |
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Apprentice-style entrepreneurs who have an inflated sense of their own abilities may jump into new business ventures with insufficient regard for the competition and the size of the market, new research has found.
People with higher IQs make wiser economic choices, study finds
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Apr 27, 2009 |
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People with higher measures of cognitive ability are more likely to make good choices in several different types of economic decisions, according to a new study with researchers from the University of Minnesota's Twin Cities ...
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