Articles tagged with Social Interaction
Researchers aim to create AI agents that understand social cues and human interactions to help teams achieve goals. The ToMCAT project will develop AI agents that gather information about individual players through sensors and eventually suggest interventions via plain-text chat messages.
Researchers found that ant societies may divide labor based on the same dynamics driving political polarization, including social influence and interaction bias. The study suggests that erasing differences through inter-group interactions can rebuild consensus and drive emergent behavioral specialization.
A recent study by Washington State University researchers found that Instagram helps young adults develop friendships in real life, particularly for those who are more reserved and open to new experiences. The platform's visual features and ease of use encouraged self-expression, leading to deeper relationships offline.
Researchers analyzed tweets from 1,239 Republicans and Democrats to find no evidence that Russian trolls significantly influenced ideology or attitudes. The study suggests IRA accounts may not have polarized the US public due to interacting with highly polarized individuals.
A study at Washington State University found that boredom is increasing year after year for teens in grades 8-12, with greater increases for girls. This rise is linked to growing depressive symptoms and decreased social interaction, highlighting the need for interventions to address adolescent dissatisfaction.
A study by Kristina Scott found that a structured group work protocol increased social interactions among four children with ASD, aged 10-11, who had been excluded from peer groups. The protocol helped them maintain meaningful conversations with peers, although three of the subjects returned to baseline after the experiment.
A Rutgers study found that cynical online views are the most influential on a person's trust in news media, while face-to-face interactions with like-minded people have a stronger impact. The study suggests that social media can make it harder to separate opinion from fact and bias from well-reasoned arguments.
Researchers at Ben-Gurion University found that children with autism exhibit variable and idiosyncratic gaze patterns when watching social interaction movies. This new method has high sensitivity and specificity for detecting ASD cases, making it a promising tool for early detection and assessing treatment responses.
A Dartmouth study found that healthcare providers' expectations can influence patients' perceptions of treatment effectiveness, even with placebo treatments. Patients reported less pain and indicated higher efficacy when doctors expected the treatment to work.
Researchers create wireless device to objectively assess social behavior and physical distance of people with schizophrenia, aiming to personalize treatment options. The device uses acoustic signals and GPS capabilities to collect data, which will be analyzed to find correlations with symptoms.
Researchers used AI techniques to analyze patterns in fish schools, discovering a solution that balances simplicity and accuracy. The model, inspired by 'attention networks', can predict the behavior of individual fish with 90% accuracy, offering new insights into collective behaviors.
A study involving over 600 people found that large teams with a single platform and influential individuals boost LEGO construction growth. Ideal team compositions including weak ties can maximize creativity and productivity.
A recent study published in Research in Autism Spectrum Disorders found that full-body interaction videogames can foster more social initiation and improve social skills in children with Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD), particularly when played alone or in pairs.
A new study from the Journal of Marketing finds that firms' own social media posts surrounding customers' experiences can influence digital sentiment. Informational content offers a substantial means to improve customer sentiment in negative interaction event outcomes, increasing positive sentiment by nearly 20%.
Research at a bonobo community found that female-female sex increased oxytocin levels, promoting social bonding and cooperation. This suggests that same-sex interactions may play a crucial role in maintaining high levels of cooperation among female bonobos.
Wild African elephants demonstrate distinct movement patterns in response to environmental changes, with some targeting resources while others avoid them. The study found that landscape conservation efforts should consider the diverse tactics employed by individual elephants.
A study of 274 adults found that artificially-intelligent digital assistants are not affecting adult humans' politeness towards other humans. The researchers surveyed and observed participants to find no correlation between using digital assistants and rudeness.
A new study has identified a specific forebrain region linked to altered social interactions in an autism model. Restoring activity of the anterior cingulate cortex (ACC) reversed social traits associated with autism. The research provides clues to the neural circuits underlying social deficits in autism spectrum disorder.
A new paper by Emilio Ferrara explores the complex history of digital spam, from its origins in confidence tricks to sophisticated AI-powered manipulations. With social media bots and deepfakes posing significant threats, experts warn of an escalating 'arms race' against spammers.
Research by Irene Perini at Linköping University found that adolescent girls who self-injure believe they receive more negative feedback than actuality, leading to lower liking for themselves and others. This bias affects their brain's salience network, particularly associated with emotions and reflection.
Facebook researchers create a system to animate precise, lifelike avatars in VR using cameras mounted on a headset. The system enables two-way social interaction and overcomes challenges of camera views and appearance differences between images and avatar renderings.
Research found that brain activity in pairs of mice synchronizes during social behavior, with individual cells responding to self and social partner behaviors. The level of synchronization predicted the amount of interaction between the animals.
Researchers found that Egyptian fruit bats and mice exhibit synchronized neural activity in social situations, predicting behaviors such as initiating interactions or responding to dominance hierarchies. This discovery sheds light on the neural mechanisms underlying animal social behavior and may provide insights into mental diseases l...
Researchers at UC Berkeley discovered synchronized brain activity in Egyptian fruit bats during social behaviors like grooming, fighting, or sniffing. The finding opens the door to future studies on how brains process social interactions and has potential implications for understanding diseases affecting social behavior.
A new study from Washington State University found that witnessing poor customer service can prompt bystanders to punish the employee through lower tips, regardless of whether they were directly affected. However, a manager's intervention with an apology can help reestablish trust and reduce hostility.
Researchers used social media tools to engage large audiences in a concert, sustaining participation for an average of nine minutes. The Crowd in C app allowed audience members to manipulate sounds and create their own compositions, demonstrating the power of computer science in nontraditional ways.
Despite population density fluctuations, ants adjust their social interactions to maintain sophisticated organization and division of labor, ensuring colony survival. The study reveals that ant colonies actively regulate spatial distribution and interaction behaviors to preserve critical elements of their social patterns.
Research by Benjamin Meagher highlights the importance of ecological psychology in understanding how people shape their environments to support their personalities. By examining couples' homes and community designs, scientists can identify patterns that promote healthier behavior and positive experiences among occupants.
A study using social media data revealed that popular bird species sites have higher visitation rates, while sites with high tourism facilities receive more visitors. The research suggests that these areas face potentially great threats or opportunities due to high numbers of visitors, emphasizing the need for conservation efforts.
Researchers at Cornell University found that social interactions are more important than language in predicting online debate success. A model combining social interactions and language was the most accurate, with a robust history of complex social interactions being the best predictor of future debate success.
A new study on Twitter conversations about President Trump found that people are engaging in rich and engaging discussions to bridge political divides. The study revealed that participants tend to engage with those who have different beliefs and backgrounds, and that pleasant conversations are more likely to receive positive replies.
A study by the University of Granada found that white people have difficulty identifying genuine smiles on black faces, whereas they can accurately detect such differences among other whites. This bias is linked to racial stereotypes and a lack of eye contact with individuals from different groups.
A study of over 12,000 adolescent participants found that social media use was associated with improved life satisfaction across multiple domains. Girls showed a stronger link between social media and life satisfaction compared to boys.
Researchers found that chatbots with human-like features but low interactivity disappointed people, while those with high interactivity were better received. Improving interactivity without adding human-like cues can also lead to a more positive user experience.
Researchers developed an AI agent that can generate natural language explanations in real-time, making it more relatable and trustworthy for non-experts. Participants preferred human-generated rationales over AI-generated ones, but AI-generated responses were close seconds.
Researchers found that domestic cats can distinguish between their name and other words, even if they don't respond enthusiastically. Cats living in homes were more likely to recognize their owner's voice than those in cat cafés.
A study found that negative emotions suppress trust by disrupting brain activity and connectivity in key social cognition regions. Negative affect also impairs the strength of connections between these regions, predicting lower levels of trust.
A study of pig remains around Stonehenge henge complexes reveals large-scale human movement across Britain during the Late Neolithic period. The findings suggest that feasts at these sites drew people and animals from throughout the country.
Researchers found that positive interactions with patients drive improved medical team performance under most conditions. However, positivity towards superiors had no significant effect on performance.
A deficiency in the SHANK3 protein, which regulates synaptic communication between brain cells, is associated with various neurological conditions. Researchers have identified kinases that can regulate SHANK3 stability, offering hope for developing treatments by increasing its abundance.
Researchers will examine how individuals with MS process outcomes of their actions during cooperative interactions, aiming to maximize their competence in social interactions. The study will focus on the impact of delayed reciprocation vs immediate reciprocation on outcome processing in individuals with MS.
Researchers challenge decades-old research on emotional intelligence, finding that context is crucial for reading emotions. Study participants accurately identified characters' emotions from background and interactions, not just facial expressions.
A new dynamic dependency framework, developed by Bar-Ilan University researchers, can capture interdependent and competitive interactions between dynamic systems. This framework provides a powerful tool for studying synchronization and spreading processes in multilayer networks with interacting layers.
The UK will create 1,000 new Ph.D.s in Artificial Intelligence (AI) with a £100m investment, driving transformation across industries, healthcare, and climate change. The program aims to ensure AI innovation has ethics at its core, training future leaders to work on complex tasks and generate novel large-scale open datasets.
Scientists found that a strategy called 'extortion' is unbeatable, as it alternates between cooperation and egoism to force opponents to cooperate. This tactic can lead to significant gains for the 'extortioner', even when competing against cooperative players.
A historian at UNH reveals that popular TV show 'Downton Abbey' presents a sanitized version of life in post-Edwardian England, airbrushing over harsh realities like poverty and sexism. The show's creators aimed to create a more palatable experience for modern audiences.
Researchers created an interactive audio map of nonverbal vocal communication, revealing 24 kinds of emotion conveyed through 'vocal bursts'. The study suggests humans are attuned to subtle differences in nonverbal signals, allowing for nuanced understanding of emotional states.
Researchers say that scale is a key contributor to conflicts involving introduced-species management, particularly for charismatic species. These imbalances in public perception influence the way those organisms are managed, leading to difficulties in enacting policies aligned with ecosystem behavior and species invasions.
Research at the University of Pittsburgh found that negative experiences on social media increase feelings of loneliness in young adults, with a 13% increase for every 10% increase in negative experiences. Positive interactions had no significant impact on feelings of loneliness.
A study found that mice raised in an enriched environment with social interaction and mental stimulation can transmit the brain benefits to their offspring through changes in gene expression. Despite being raised in the same impoverished environment, the offspring maintained lifelong visual cortex plasticity.
Researchers at Stanford University discovered that activating social brain circuits can suppress feeding behavior in mice. The study used optogenetics to target specific neurons in the orbitofrontal cortex and found that stimulating fewer than two dozen nerve cells linked to social interaction was enough to inhibit feeding behavior.
A new USC study explores how virtual assistants can facilitate cooperation between humans and buildings, leading to improved energy efficiency and environmental outcomes. The researchers found that small talk and social dialogue help people connect with AI-powered avatars, resulting in better behavioral changes.
Researchers discovered that simulating human cooperation with machine-actors can significantly enhance human-machine interactions. The study involved over 100 volunteers and showed improved performance comparable to human-human collaborations.
A recent study on wild spotted hyaenas found that females dominate males because they receive more social support. The research revealed that social support is a key factor in determining dominance relationships between the sexes.
A York University study found that young women who compare themselves to more attractive peers on social media experience decreased self-esteem. The research highlights the importance of educating young people about the potential negative effects of social media use on body image.
The study surveyed nearly 400 consumers about their shopping habits and perceptions, finding that most agreed that physical stores are part of the social fabric of society. Respondents preferred online shopping for convenience and accessibility but prioritized tactile experiences in-store, while favoring social interaction with family ...
Researchers found that the brain recognizes familiar faces more uniformly across the visual field through repeated social interactions. The study suggests that early visual processing is tuned for consistent recognition of personally familiar faces.
Valentin Dragoi of UTHealth receives $1.6M NIH BRAIN award for studying visual cortex and executive control in social interactions, which may help address autism-related social awkwardness.
A study published in PNAS has reversed symptoms of Smith-Magenis syndrome in mice by reactivating the RAI1 gene. This breakthrough may lead to new treatments for this neurodevelopmental disorder. Researchers used optogenetic stimulation to restore social interaction deficits, providing hope for improved patient outcomes.
A new study by Indiana University found that online social forums for class networking improve physics students' success in calculus-based physics courses. The study analyzed data from a course where students participated in an online forum and found that those who were most central in the network achieved higher final grades.