Posts Tagged ‘beliefs’
‘True believers’ get ahead at work
WASHINGTON U. – ST. LOUIS (US) — If you want to move up at work, get on board with the goals and values of your company, new research suggests. Continue…
Friday, June 7, 2013 12:08 - 2 Comments
Society & Culture - Mar 11, 2013 10:45 - 4 Comments
After meditation, conservatives lean left
U. TORONTO (CAN) — After a spiritual exercise like meditation, people endorse more liberal views, new research shows. (more…)
Society & Culture - Feb 8, 2013 17:14 - 0 Comments
Christianity influences meat taboos in Amazon
STANFORD (US) — Christianity has changed the hunting habits and diets of native Amazonians, which could alter biodiversity in the region. (more…)
Society & Culture - Jan 8, 2013 13:04 - 1 Comment
Despite thoughts of death, atheists don’t waver
U. MISSOURI (US) — Similar to religious believers, atheists and agnostics’ conviction grows stronger with an increased awareness of death. (more…)
Society & Culture - Nov 30, 2012 15:23 - 0 Comments
Declare a decision moral and outcomes shift
NYU (US) — Decisions based on moral, rather than practical, considerations are made more quickly and are often more extreme, research shows. (more…)
Society & Culture - Nov 20, 2012 12:40 - 8 Comments
US families split among four ‘cultures’
U. VIRGINIA (US) — American kids are growing up in one of four cultures—family types that go beyond basic demographics—a new study finds. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Sep 21, 2012 14:19 - 0 Comments
Easy policies let more kids go vaccine-free
EMORY (US) — From 2005 to 2011, non-medical exemptions from school-based vaccines increased at a heightened rate, report researchers. (more…)
Society & Culture - Sep 21, 2012 11:55 - 3 Comments
Why falsehoods are easy to believe
U. MICHIGAN (US) — Misinformation is easy to accept if it fits in with a prior belief, researchers say, even when the information is known to be false. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Sep 11, 2012 14:28 - 4 Comments
AIDS in Africa: Does religion get a bad rap?
PENN STATE (US) — Criticisms of how religious groups are mishandling Africa’s AIDS epidemic are inaccurate and overstated, according to sociologist Jenny Trinitapoli. (more…)
Society & Culture - Aug 31, 2012 10:02 - 14 Comments
Adults, more than kids, rely on the supernatural
U. TEXAS-AUSTIN (US) — As we age, we often rely more—not less—on supernatural explanations for major life events, such as death and illness, research shows. (more…)
Society & Culture - Aug 7, 2012 16:54 - 0 Comments
With unknown outcomes, we turn to karma
U. VIRGINIA / U. CHICAGO (US) — A new study shows that we’re on our best behavior while waiting for an important outcome—because we secretly expect that the universe will repay us. (more…)
Society & Culture - Jul 20, 2012 16:55 - 2 Comments
Maya ‘sun’ masks discovered at pyramid
BROWN (US) — Archeologists have uncovered a pyramid believed to celebrate the Maya sun god at the El Zotz site in Guatemala. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Aug 11, 2010 15:16 - 2 Comments
Doctors assume their beliefs match patients’
PENN STATE / TEXAS A&M (US)—American physicians are often poor judges of their patients’ health beliefs, a new study shows. (more…)
Society & Culture - Nov 30, 2009 18:27 - 53 Comments
God’s beliefs mirror our own
U. CHICAGO (US)—Religious people tend to use their own beliefs as a guide in thinking about what God believes, but are less constrained when reasoning about other people’s beliefs, according to a new study. (more…)
Society & Culture - May 21, 2009 13:48 - 0 Comments
Alarmed to dismissive: U.S. views on global warming
YALE (US)—Americans fall into six distinct groups regarding their climate change beliefs, attitudes, and behaviors, according to a new report, “Global Warming’s Six Americas,” by researchers at Yale and George Mason universities. (more…)
