The placid sounds of a babbling brook might be just the thing to help ease your stress at the workplace and boost your productivity, a new study finds.Some open-plan offices use sound “masking systems” that increase the background noise of a room to reduce distractions such as voices, explained the authors of the study.”If you’re […]Continue reading
A new imaging study of preschoolers has seemingly identified gender differences in the way autism may manifest itself in the brain.”This research adds to a growing body of evidence that there are differences between boys and girls with autism,” said study lead author Christine Wu Nordahl.”This is not surprising given that there are so many […]Continue reading
Whether or not a three year-old will share with others strongly hinges on how well that child can predict and understand another’s sadness when left out, according to researchers at Ludwig-Maximilians-Universitaet (LMU) in Munich.In a new study, researchers asked preschool children of different ages to imagine how they feel, or another child would feel, depending […]Continue reading
People who hold similar beliefs tend to more closely mirror, or align with, each other’s speech patterns, according to a new study at the University of Rochester. In addition, people who are better at compromising align even more closely. The researchers designed an experiment in which participants were asked to listen to ideologically charged messages […]Continue reading
So how are your diversity initiatives going these days? Perhaps Legal is reporting that you’re compliant with rules and regulations in all relevant jurisdictions, and HR can tote up members of various social groups who have been recruited and hired. Marketing can take you smoothly through campaigns that offend no one and target everyone. Maybe […]Continue reading
