Behaviour Archives

Social sciences: Nature’s endorsement of Biden assessed | Nature Human Behaviour | Nature Portfolio

March 23, 2023|0 Comments

The endorsement of Joe Biden for US president by the journal Nature reduced stated trust in the journal and scientists in general among supporters of Donald Trump, according [...]

Political polarization of news media and influencers on Twitter in the 2016 and 2020 US presidential elections | Nature Human Behaviour

March 17, 2023|0 Comments

We note that the initial foundation for this research is established in ref. 21, which analysed the news media diffusion dynamics on Twitter during the 2016 US presidential [...]

A collapsed ceiling, crisis communication and human behaviour

March 13, 2023|0 Comments

A collapsed ceiling, crisis communication and human behaviour Mar 10, 2023 Faithfully Speaking- Julie Lim Seet YinOn February [...]

Plain Language Summary: Understanding human behaviour to save endangered sharks – Relational Thinking

March 3, 2023|0 Comments

Figure 1. Understanding fisher behaviour in relation to Critically Endangered marine species – such as wedgefish – is the first step towards designing effective [...]

Health: Small reduction in preterm births during lockdowns in 2020 | Nature Human Behaviour | Nature Portfolio

March 3, 2023|0 Comments

During the first 3 months of COVID-19 lockdowns in 2020, there was a 3–4% reduction in preterm births across 18 high- and upper-middle-income countries, according to a [...]

Human behaviour is affected by factors beyond personal choice

February 25, 2023|0 Comments

Photo: While there is an element of personal choice, our behaviour is shaped by our culture, society, community, family and peers, as well as a multibillion-dollar industry [...]

SA crime stats: Cele says human behaviour bigger problem than guns

February 19, 2023|0 Comments

Police Bheki Cele has lamented gun violence in South Africa following a spate of mass shootings across the country in recent months. Cele delivered South Africa’s third [...]

DNA, the genomic age and human behaviour – time to move beyond the framework of the selfish gene

February 13, 2023|0 Comments

We are all familiar with the dominant paradigm of our genomic age – it’s in the DNA. This claim – it’s in the genes – has washed over the fields of psychology, [...]

Education: Over one third of a year’s learning lost to COVID-19 pandemic | Nature Human Behaviour | Nature Portfolio

February 3, 2023|0 Comments

During the COVID-19 pandemic, school-aged children experienced delays in learning progress and a loss of knowledge and skills equivalent to approximately 35% of a school [...]

Sierra Leone, Killarney, and CityWest: how liberals ignore fundamentals of human behaviour – Gript

February 1, 2023|0 Comments

Ishmael Beah describes what happened in the UNICEF hostel which was meant to save him from life as a child soldier in Sierra Leone. All these rescued child soldiers were [...]