Despite common stereotypes about those who use different types of online dating, psychological research on online dating agency users’ characteristics is actually very limited, and no scientific study has yet examined the individual characteristics of TinderTM users. The current exploratory study aimed to investigate why individuals use these services, and how they differ in terms of sociabilit...

Mice are a nocturnal species, whose social behaviors occur primarily during the dark phase of the circadian cycle. However, laboratory rodents are frequently tested during their light phase, for practical reasons. We investigated the question of whether light phase testing presents a methodological pitfall for investigating mouse social approach behaviors. Three lines of mice were systematicall...

The role of interspecific social interactions during species invasions may be more decisive than previously thought. Research has revealed that invasive fish improve their foraging success by shoaling with native Mexican species, and potentially increase the chances of invasion success. However, do native individuals tend to associate with invaders as well? We tested the hypothesis that the two...

Kristina Lerman USC Information Science Institute Marina del Rey, CA 90292 [email protected] Megha Arora IIIT-Delhi New Delhi, India 110020 [email protected] Luciano Gallegos USC Information Science Institute Marina del Rey, CA 90292 [email protected] Ponnurangam Kumaraguru IIIT-Delhi New Delhi, India 110020 [email protected] David Garcia ETH Zurich 8092 Zurich, Switzerland [email protected]

The social connections people form online affect the quality of information they receive and their online experience. Although a host of socioeconomic and cognitive factors were implicated in the formation of offline social ties, few of them have been empirically validated, particularly in an online setting. In this study, we analyze a large corpus of georeferenced messages, or tweets, posted b...

One of the most important conditions for successful student learning and mastering professional competencies is socio-cultural environment that developed in collective body. The article deals with current problem interaction mutual understanding a higher medical school. purpose study to determine indicators team building assessment psychological microclimate academic groups develop measures opt...

Activities related to teaching and learning (T&L) are crucial for ensuring that students achieve the necessary objectives. Two examples of T&L activities lectures group assignments. The method styles interaction employed by lecturers significantly affect level closeness involvement. Covid-19 does indeed have a significant impact on student participation outside classrooms practices, whi...

Eco-HAB is an open source, RFID-based system for automated measurement and analysis of social preference and in-cohort sociability in mice. The system closely follows murine ethology. It requires no contact between a human experimenter and tested animals, overcoming the confounding factors that lead to irreproducible assessment of murine social behavior between laboratories. In Eco-HAB, group-h...

The impact of personality and job characteristics on parental rearing styles was compared in 353 employees. Hypotheses concerning the relationships between personality and job variables were formulated in accordance with findings in past research and the Belsky's model (1984). Structural equation nested models showed that Aggression-hostility, Sociability and job Demand were predictive of Rejec...