Analysis: Northern Ireland, Brexit and New IRA violence

02/05/2019

Last month, a car bomb attack in Londonderry attracted huge media interest, with journalists linking violence to Brexit.
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Forecasting contagious ideas: 'Infectivity' models accurately predict tweet lifespan 04/17/2019
Estimating tweet infectivity from the first 50 retweets is the key to predicting whether a tweet will go viral, according to a new study.
Gender identity leaves imprint on human brains 04/17/2019
Society's expectations about gender roles alter the human brain at the cellular level, according to a new article.
'Mindreading' neurons simulate decisions of social partners 04/11/2019
Scientists have identified special types of brain cells that may allow us to simulate the decision-making processes of others, thereby reconstructing their state of mind and predicting their intentions. Dysfunction in these 'simulation neurons' may help explain difficulties with social interactions in conditions such as autism and social anxiety.
Empathy and cooperation go hand in hand 04/09/2019
Despite sometimes selfish instincts, cooperation abounds in human societies. Using mathematical models to explore this complex feature of social behavior, a team shows that the act of taking another person's perspective -- a form of empathy -- supports the persistence of cooperation and altruism.
Relationship benefits can be seen in your eyes 04/08/2019
Psychologists used an infrared camera that measured pupil width to track people's response to stressful events in real-time.
Social insecurity also stresses chimpanzees 04/05/2019
Researchers conducted behavioral observations and collected urine samples for cortisol analysis of male chimpanzees of the Tai National Park, Ivory Coast, during periods of intense male-male competition. They showed that all males had higher stress levels during periods of increased male-male competition while aggression rates were actually lower during this time. This may indicate that […]
The whisper room: Moderates on Twitter are losing their voice 04/03/2019
A researcher finds that partisan users form highly partisan social networks on Twitter, moderate users -- or those less politically engaged -- continue to avoid politics, potentially creating an important void on social media.
For some people, attractive wives and high status husbands enhance marital quality 03/28/2019
Researchers found that maximizing men -- those who seek to make the 'best' choice -- who had attractive wives were more satisfied at the start of their marriages than maximizing men who had less attractive wives, and maximizing women who had high status husbands experienced less steep declines in satisfaction over time than maximizing women […]

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