Neuroscience

How brains synchronize during cooperative tasks

Humans are social creatures. But what leads to them being this way? To fully understand how the brain gives rise to social behaviors, we need to investigate it during social encounters. Moreover, we need to analyze not only ...

Psychology & Psychiatry

How to pass the false-belief task before your fourth birthday

As social creatures, humans must constantly monitor each other's intentions, beliefs, desires, and other mental states. A particularly important social skill is the ability to take another person's perspective and understand ...

Neuroscience

Brain imaging reveals neural correlates of human social behavior

Advances in the study of human social behavior may lead to a better understanding of normal processes such as empathy and theory of mind, as well as dysregulated conditions including autism spectrum disorder. The findings ...

Psychology & Psychiatry

Q&A: For some older adults, a pandemic of loneliness

Because of COVID-19's social distancing safety precautions, many people are not only living in fear of the virus daily, but many are feeling isolated and alone. UConn Today sat down with the Chair of the Department of Psychiatry ...

Health

Hearts not sharks are a major killer on Aussie beaches

Research published today in the Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health shows that almost 40% of deaths that occur in the coast are not drowning related, with cardiac conditions and traumatic injuries the major ...

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