Social Sciences

Projects seek to understand, and block, spread of disinformation

Redesigned ticket—and text message reminders—led to a 13% drop in missed court dates

But this year’s elections could change everything

Dozens of papers on personality and health by Hans Eysenck have been retracted or are under suspicion

Merging animal and people studies can clarify the role of social status in well-being

Researcher says stereotypes will fall away as people come to see themselves as on the same side

Inequality made historical pandemics ‘worse than they had to be’

Sometimes, even subtle cues can change people’s behavior

“Sonification” could help researchers identify binding sites for new drugs

Jennifer Eberhardt’s experiments reveal impact of implicit racial bias, from classroom discipline to police shootings

Past research sheds light on the potential impacts of isolation

A new algorithm predicts preferences based on how the brain values paintings

But increased privacy protection could complicate analysis of how misinformation spreads

Funding woes push widely used resource behind a higher paywall

An analysis of thousands of song descriptions ties together music from different cultures

Study of 2474 languages suggests emotional concepts vary by culture