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…
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The work is published online in this month's American Journal of Psychiatry.According to the National Institute of Mental Health, 18 percent of Americans have…
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The results were reported today by neurology researchers at the University at Buffalo.When the 10.2 percent of subjects in which results were border line were…
“The default-mode network appears to be the brain's back burner for social decision making,” said Peter T. Fox, M.D., director of the Research Imaging…
The Challenger Deep is located in the Mariana Trench in the western Pacific Ocean. It lies in the hadal zone beyond the abyssal zone, and plunges down to a…
As a contributor to the report Professor Ann Buchanan will present her research on the value of fathers and grandparents in helping children avoid social…
American Heart Association rapid access journal reportRacial gaps exist in women’s heart-health awareness, women’s knowledge of heart attack warning signs…
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The finding, the result of a survey of more than 100 studies involving the instrument, including those by the scientists, confirms the sensitivity of the tool,…
If you've seen or experienced these scenarios, you may not be surprised about the latest finding from an international team of social and cognitive…
“We think early life stress increases sensitivity to a hormone known to increase your blood pressure and increases your cardiovascular risk in adult life,”…
Parkinson’s, a neurodegenerative disease affecting approximately 100,000 Canadians and over 4 million people worldwide, a number expected to double by the year…
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