A recent Harvard study highlights how much emotional support we get from workplace relationships, and that it has not only been our jobs that the pandemic has disrupted, but these important informal ties as well.
Sep 28, 2020
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The COVID-19 pandemic and strategies to prevent its spread, such as self-quarantine and travel restrictions, have isolated families and intensified conditions that place people at greater risk for domestic violence. Reports ...
Sep 15, 2020
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The global COVID-19 pandemic has shown Canadians that we need to think differently about how we support older adults. The media and all levels of government have focused heavily on long-term care, and rightly so. However, ...
Sep 9, 2020
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Principle Investigator Haruno Masahiko and Dr. Mori Kazuma at the Center for Information and Neural Networks (CiNet), the National Institute of Information and Communications Technology, report the use of machine learning ...
Aug 24, 2020
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As many have recently discovered, social connections are vital to a person's wellbeing. While social isolation is a core challenge associated with autism, researchers from Drexel University's A.J. Drexel Autism Institute ...
Aug 18, 2020
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Contrary to popular wisdom, daily social media use is not a strong or consistent risk factor for depressive symptoms among adolescents, according to a new study by Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health researchers. ...
Aug 12, 2020
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Women who lack social ties have a greater likelihood of being obese, according to new UBC research published today in PLOS One. Men, on the other hand, were less likely to be obese if they lived alone and had a smaller social ...
Jul 30, 2020
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For University of Toronto Mississauga undergraduate student Boting Gao, emojis are more than just a way to convey a sentiment.
Jul 23, 2020
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Even in these social-distanced days, we keep in our heads a map of our relationships with other people: family, friends, coworkers and how they relate to each other. New research from the Center for Mind and Brain at the ...
Jul 22, 2020
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Regular exposure to cannabis may have a harmful impact on sociability. For some consumers, studies show that it may lead to withdrawal and reduced social interactions. However, the brain network and the mechanisms involved ...
Jul 8, 2020
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