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The real stories behind the latest research papers, from conception to publication, the highs and the lows

“From 2012 to 2020, 17 vehicle manufacturers and 38 electric cars revealed a diverse menu of options with business model innovations originating at the crossing of boundaries between the electric and automotive socio-technical systems.”

Evaldo Costa

Mar 14, 2022

Nature Human Behaviour

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How can we prevent the emergence of a vaccine resistant variant?

Evolution of vaccine resistance of COVID-19 is a problem which lies at the interface of molecular genetics, evolutionary biology and human behavior.

Gabriela Lobinska

Feb 28, 2022

Nature Human Behaviour

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Mental speed across the life-span

Mischa von Krause

Feb 25, 2022

Need to catch some Zzzz’s? Try taking a trip.

Nature Human Behaviour

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Need to catch some Zzzz’s? Try taking a trip.

Sune Lehmann and 2 others

Feb 24, 2022

How the brains of newborns become wired up in just 6 months

Nature Communications

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How the brains of newborns become wired up in just 6 months

Mareike Grotheer

Feb 22, 2022

Nature Human Behaviour

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What happens to pay allocation when wages becomes transparent?

Tracking salaries and performance outcomes of close to 100,000 US academics over two decades, our latest research finds that pay transparency leads to more equitable and equal wages but also to reduced power of performance-based incentives.

Tomasz

Feb 10, 2022

In scientists we trust. Or should we?

Nature Human Behaviour

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In scientists we trust. Or should we?

Suzanne Hoogeveen

Feb 07, 2022

An International Investigation of the Psychology of COVID-19

Nature Communications

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An International Investigation of the Psychology of COVID-19

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Flavio Azevedo and 13 others

Jan 26, 2022

Is conspiracy mentality linked to extreme political ideologies?

Nature Human Behaviour

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Is conspiracy mentality linked to extreme political ideologies?

Roland Imhoff and 1 other

Jan 18, 2022

The price of prosociality in pandemic times

Humanities and Social Sciences Communications

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The price of prosociality in pandemic times

Agustin Ibanez and 3 others

Jan 10, 2022

Nature Human Behaviour

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Is reduced behavioral orienting to motherese speech in toddlers with ASD related to reduced neural responses to motherese?

In this study, for the first time, we are seeing what the possible brain impact is for toddlers with autism who fail to pay attention to social information.

Yaqiong Xiao

Jan 08, 2022

Nature Human Behaviour

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What really makes you sick? Rethinking causality and good health in Soweto, South Africa through syndemics

Syndemics explain why and how social and medical conditions collide in people and populations. Our research across contexts suggests that patients experience medical diagnosis in relation to their social contexts and that non-medical factors can influence quality of life more than medical ones.

Emily Mendenhall and 2 others

Dec 23, 2021

The last (in the pecking order) shall be first and the first last

Communications Biology

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The last (in the pecking order) shall be first and the first last

Giorgio Vallortigara

Dec 09, 2021

In amygdala we trust

Communications Biology

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In amygdala we trust

Ronald Sladky

Nov 25, 2021

Mental health concerns during the pandemic as revealed by helpline calls

Nature

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Mental health concerns during the pandemic as revealed by helpline calls

Valentin Klotzbücher

Nov 17, 2021

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Behind the Book | Oedipus Rex in the Genomic Era

Oedipus Rex in the Genomic Era, by Yulia Kovas and Fatos Selita, is a new book that combines Genetics, Social Sciences and Humanities to examine human behaviour.