September 16, 2025 — University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USANew research published in PLOS Biology reveals that several genetic variants associated with social behavior in honey bees are located within genes previously linked to social behavior in humans. According to Ian Traniello and colleagues, these findings point to ancient molecular roots of social behavior that have been conserved across species. Understanding Individual Differences in Sociability In social species, individuals display varying levels of sociability — some are highly connected and…
CT venography of the pelvis during CT pulmonary angiography does not improve the detection of VTE, says Dr. Charbel Ishak, lead author for this study. He…
“We like to think of babies as 'ordinary miracles,'” said Victor Bernstein, a research associate at the School of Social Service Administration at the…
The study helps explain why personality has such a strong influence on a person's happiness. The findings suggest that persons with certain personality traits…
The public favors equal custody for children of divorce, according to findings in a pair of studies by Arizona State University researchers that will appear in…
Road warriors who travel for business two weeks or more a month have higher body mass index, higher rates of obesity and poorer self-rated health than those…
Multitaskers who think they can successfully divide their attention between the program on their television set and the information on their computer screen…
Trying to figure out what's going on inside the mind of an adolescent can be challenging, to say the least. A new study shows that simply asking them what they…
After the USPSTF delivered their recommendations in November 2009, researchers at the University of Colorado saw a significant drop in mammograms in women in…
Most psychology research is done by asking a big group of people the same questions at the same time. “So we might get a bunch of Psych 101 undergrads,…
The study also shows that in most cases the rupture heals on its own and surgery is only necessary for the most severe cases.”In the past, many…
Only 36 percent of parents and caregivers indicated they would immunize children against H1N1, and 22 percent indicated their children received the seasonal…
The report, from the Comparison of AMD Treatments Trials (CATT), was published online today in the New England Journal of Medicine. CATT is funded by the…
“Kids need parents to be parents and not drinking buddies,” according to the study's lead researcher, Barbara J. McMorris, Ph.D., of the School of Nursing at…
A new study reports that the health-related quality of life (HRQOL) for U.S. adults with arthritis is much worse than for those without this condition. Both…
Angela Lee Duckworth, an assistant professor of psychology in Penn’s School of Arts and Sciences, led the research, which involved two related studies.The…
This multicenter randomized trial is planned to enroll 280 patients. In the first phase of the study, eight study centers will participate in Germany and…
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