You aren't the only one who just sits in the car before or after a long day
Have you ever pulled into the driveway of your home or a parking lot spot and just ... stayed there?
Apr 8, 2026
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Behavioral Disciplines and Activities: News and Research on Behavioral Sciences
MeSH tree: F04.096
Is information or motivation to blame for partisan beliefs?
Partisanship, whether you support a particular person, group, or cause, has long been known as a key factor in misinformed beliefs—from COVID-19 to Brexit. But how does partisanship drive bias and misinformation? Is it because ...
Mar 23, 2026
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Psychosocial factors may not affect overall cancer risk, large-scale analysis suggests
New research indicates that psychosocial factors—which influence how a person perceives, interprets, and reacts to their surroundings—do not affect an individual's risk of developing cancer. The findings, titled "Psychosocial ...
Mar 23, 2026
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The next leap for AI scribes provides eyes in the clinic
The introduction of vision-enabled artificial intelligence (AI) to medical scribes—the recording devices used by doctors to document meetings with patients in real-time—could increase the accuracy of patient notes and save ...
Mar 18, 2026
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Making sense of the widening gender mental health gap: What teenage girls told us
Women experience greater low mood and anxiety than men. This longstanding gender mental health gap reflects a complicated mix of biological, psychological, social, and sociocultural factors—though we are still far from fully ...
Mar 10, 2026
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Habit-like repetition influences decisions more than previously thought, large-scale study finds
Why do people often make decisions in the same pattern and choose the tried and tested, even when there are apparently better alternatives? A research team led by Stefan Kiebel, Professor of Cognitive Computational Neuroscience ...
Feb 27, 2026
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Why you hardly notice your blind spot: New tests pit three theories of consciousness
Although humans' visual perception of the world appears complete, our eyes contain a visual blind spot where the optic nerve connects to the retina. Scientists are still uncertain whether the brain fully compensates for the ...
Nigerian women and contraceptives: Study finds big gaps between the haves and the have-nots
Nigerian women who are wealthier, more educated and urban are more likely to use modern contraceptives than poorer, less educated and rural women. This is one of the findings of a study that assessed patterns of inequality ...
Feb 3, 2026
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'Ghost' providers hinder access to health care for Medicaid patients
Almost one-third of physicians who are enrolled in Medicaid don't actually care for a single patient covered by Medicaid insurance, according to new research led by Oregon Health & Science University.
Feb 2, 2026
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Pre-fab psychological diagnoses: Clinicians confront a new trend
More and more young adults seek psychological assessment with a diagnosis already in mind—or even one they have assigned to themselves. A new mixed-methods study with 93 clinical psychologists shows that self-diagnosed and ...
Jan 27, 2026
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