Technology

Do cell phones distract us from interacting with our kids?

UD professor Roberta Golinkoff publishes new study on the influence of cell phones on parent-child interactions.

Over the last several years, many researchers in early childhood education have focused on the amount of screen time that children receive each day and how it may affect their learning or development. But, what about the amount of time that a parent or caregiver spends in front of a screen while playing with a child? How might a parent’s distraction by a cell phone affect a child’s learning? (more…)

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Gentrification Changes the Personality Makeup of Cities in a Short Time

AUSTIN, Texas —A study of almost 2 million U.S. residents across 199 cities shows that rising housing costs may drive increases in “openness” of character among residents of a city — all in well under a decade. The findings, published in the journal American Psychologist, indicate that increasing affluence can rapidly change a city’s personality by attracting certain types of newcomers and by changing the environment around established residents. (more…)

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The lessons of COVID-19, two years on

UCLA epidemiologist Robert Kim-Farley reflects on how the U.S. has coped with the pandemic

When Robert Kim-Farley heard that COVID-19 had reached the United States, on Jan. 20, 2020, he immediately recalled the grim images from China that he had been seeing online, with people dying in the streets outside of overwhelmed hospitals. (more…)

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Musikhören hilft gegen Stress und körperliche Beschwerden

Vor allem fröhliche Musik hat positive Effekte

Das Hören von Musik im Alltag kann stressreduzierend wirken und körperliche Symptome lindern. Das zeigen Psycholog*innen der Universität Wien in einer aktuellen Studie in “Scientific Reports”. Personen mit chronischen körperlichen Leiden beantworteten dazu regelmäßig Fragen zum subjektiven Befinden und zu ihrem Musikhörverhalten. Parallel dazu wurden biologische Indikatoren für Stress im Speichel erhoben, um mögliche psychobiologische Mechanismen zu erforschen, die diesen positiven Effekten zugrunde liegen. Auch die Art der Musik spielte dabei eine Rolle. (more…)

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