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• Congress Grills Columbia University President on Campus Antisemitism

  18-04-2024 07:24 via socialpsychology.org
  Source: Google News - HealthAt a congressional hearing, Columbia University's president strongly condemned antisemitism, while defending her handling of Gaza war protests. Asked if calls for genocide of Jews were against college policy, Dr. Nemat Shafik unequivocally said they were. But she hedged when asked about another slogan widely seen as antisemitic—"from the river to the sea, Palestine will be free"—saying "I hear them as such, some people don't."
  
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• During Mental Health Awareness Month, Practice Small Shifts for Mental Health and Resilience

  30-04-2024 23:27 via pr.com
  
  May has been designated as Mental Health Awareness Month, and during the month, Pennington Biomedical’s Small Shifts campaign is focuses on mental health and resilience. Giving mental health the attention it deserves is just as important as nurturing physical health. In fact, they’re interdependent. Making small changes to your mental health, like breathing deeply for five minutes, meditating or taking regular breaks [PR.com]
  
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• 16,000 People with Disabilities Live in U.S. Institutions, Report Estimates

  30-04-2024 18:55 via socialpsychology.org
  Source: CBS News - U.S. NewsMore than 16,000 people with intellectual and developmental disabilities, or IDD, are housed in U.S. institutions, reports the Residential Information Systems Project. While that's significantly lower than nearly 200,000 people in the 1960s, there is more work to be done, say disability rights activists. A 2011 review of 36 studies found nearly 5,000 people with IDD experienced positive change after moving from large institutions to community...
  
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• U.S. Calls for Arms Embargo to Sudan's Factions, Warning of Genocide

  30-04-2024 15:59 via socialpsychology.org
  Source: U.S. News and World ReportThe United States on Monday implored all countries supplying weapons to Sudan's warring parties to halt arms sales, warning that history in the vast western Darfur region where there was a genocide 20 years ago "is repeating itself." U.S. Ambassador Linda Thomas-Greenfield told reporters after an emergency U.N. meeting that El Fasher, the only capital in Darfur not held by paramilitary forces, is "on the precipice of a large-scale massacre."
  
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• Australian Prime Minister Describes Domestic Violence As "National Crisis"

  30-04-2024 15:59 via socialpsychology.org
  Source: ABC News - InternationalAustralia's Prime Minister Anthony Albanese described domestic violence as a "national crisis" Monday after thousands rallied around the country against violence toward women. The widespread protests on Sunday were intended to draw attention to the deaths of 27 women so far this year allegedly caused by acts of gender-based violence. "Quite clearly, we need to do more. It's not enough to just have empathy," Albanese said in a TV interview.
  
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• Hundreds Arrested on U.S. Campuses As Gaza Demonstrations Grow

  28-04-2024 16:27 via socialpsychology.org
  Source: Google News - HealthHundreds more people were arrested at college campuses across the U.S. on Saturday as student protests against the war in Gaza continue. Green Party presidential candidate Jill Stein was among those detained by police. Protestors are demanding institutions boycott companies and individuals with ties to Israel. But some Jewish students are reporting antisemitism from demonstrators, and some schools are moving classes online, citing safety...
  
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• What have I learned from 20 years of parenting? Never to underestimate how wrong I can be | Emma Beddington

  28-04-2024 15:00 via theguardian.com
  
  We often have as much in common with strangers as our relatives, according to studies – so why do we still love to say our children are like us? How alike are parents and kids? Quite, right? Surely we all play that game. I, for example, am competitive like my dad (but without a shred of his energy); my sister got my mother’s compassion and I got her lust for crispy potato products and staying in bed. My husband and his mum, meanwhile, share a lively debating style (I’m choosing
  
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• That yearning feeling: why we need nostalgia

  28-04-2024 13:00 via theguardian.com
  
  Often misused by politicians, nostalgia is a positive emotion that could do with a makeoverI have always been prone to homesickness. As a child, I didn’t really enjoy holidays, I dreaded going away on school trips and I hated sleepovers. At the beginning of 2021, when I first started thinking about the history of nostalgia, and in the midst of the pandemic, I moved across the Atlantic from London to Montreal, Canada, for work. Far from home and away from my family and friends, I felt a kin
  
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• Portugal Rejects Paying Reparations for Colonial Role in Slave Trade

  28-04-2024 10:51 via socialpsychology.org
  Source: U.S. News and World ReportPortugal's government said on Saturday it refuses to initiate any process to pay reparations for atrocities committed during transatlantic slavery and the colonial era, contrary to earlier comments from President Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa. From the 15th to the 19th century, 6 million Africans were kidnapped and forcibly transported across the Atlantic by Portuguese vessels and sold into slavery—more than any other European nation.
  
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• I’ve lost contact with my brother. Is it too late to reach out? | Ask Philippa

  28-04-2024 07:00 via theguardian.com
  
  We can get into the habit of thinking about our sibling with judgment and criticismThe question Since our mother’s death, my brother and I have had no contact. He lives more than 100 miles away. Our relationship has been very difficult for over 40 years. When we both had young children, things were better for a time. When our dad died, Mum’s health deteriorated and she moved in with me and died 12 years later. During this time, my relationship with my brother was at its worst. Before
  
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• Iraq Parliament Criminalizes Same-Sex Relationships

  28-04-2024 06:36 via socialpsychology.org
  Source: BBC News - Top HeadlinesIraq's parliament has passed a bill criminalizing same-sex relationships with jail terms of between 10 and 15 years. Transgender people could also be sent to prison for between one and three years under the new law. Supporters of the changes say they will help to uphold religious values in the country. Rights groups say they are a further black mark on Iraq's record of violations against LGBT people.
  
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• How New Graduates Can Find a Job in the Age of AI

  28-04-2024 06:36 via socialpsychology.org
  Source: U.S. News and World Report"Do you have advice on how to find an AI-related job?" This is an important and timely question that upcoming college graduates are asking this spring as millions of students graduate from American colleges and universities in one of the most dynamic labor markets in recent history. The fact is that every job role that requires postsecondary education can be influenced and impacted by AI.
  
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• Like father, like son? The complex factors that shape a parent’s influence on their child

  27-04-2024 17:00 via theguardian.com
  
  Scientific studies cannot agree on the relative importance of genes and environment on how we turn out as adultsThe eternal mystery of how much we are shaped by our parents – or how much we shape our children – was stirred again last week with the publication of a study that suggests that we are less like our parents than we had previously thought.Led by René Mõttus of Edinburgh University’s department of psychology, the study looked at more than 1,000 pairs of re
  
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• Meet regularly, invest time – and don’t hold grudges: 10 ways to revitalise flagging friendships

  27-04-2024 08:00 via theguardian.com
  
  Staying close to friends isn’t always easy. From calling out flakiness to singing together in a choir, experts share their advice on how to keep the spark aliveThere is no getting around it, you have to make time to be a good friend. According to Robin Dunbar, professor of evolutionary psychology at the University of Oxford and author of Friends: Understanding the Power of our Most Important Relationships, we need to spend the equivalent of nine minutes a day to maintain a healthy relation
  
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• Mental Illness in America Costs $282 Billion Annually, Study Estimates

  26-04-2024 13:02 via socialpsychology.org
  Source: United Press International - Health NewsAmerica's mental health woes essentially serve as an annual economic downturn for the nation, a new study suggests. Mental illness costs the U.S. economy $282 billion every year, equivalent to the average economic recession, researchers say. That amount is equal to about 1.7% of American annual spending, and is about 30% larger than previous estimates of the overall cost of mental illness in the United States, according to the report.
  
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• Social Media Hurt Girls' Mental Health and Education Potential, Says U.N.

  26-04-2024 11:23 via socialpsychology.org
  Source: Canadian Broadcasting Company - Top Stories NewsGirls around the world tend to spend more time on social media than boys, and it's hurting their mental health, says a new report from the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). In the latest edition of the agency's Global Education Monitoring report released on Thursday, researchers examined the intersection of education and technology as it relates to girls, finding several causes for concern.
  
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• Student Protesters Across U.S. Ask Colleges to Cut Financial Ties to Israel

  26-04-2024 11:16 via socialpsychology.org
  Source: Google News - HealthStudents at a growing number of U.S. colleges are gathering in protest encampments with a unified demand of their schools: Stop doing business with Israel—or companies that support its war in Gaza. Inspired by the arrests last week of more than 100 student protesters at Columbia University, students from Massachusetts to California are now gathering by the hundreds on campuses, setting up tent camps and pledging to stay put until their demands...
  
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• Employee Is Accused of Using AI to Make His Boss Appear Racist

  26-04-2024 11:13 via socialpsychology.org
  Source: Google News - HealthA Maryland high school athletic director is facing criminal charges after police say he used artificial intelligence to duplicate the voice of Pikesville High School Principal Eric Eiswert, leading the community to believe Eiswert said racist and antisemitic things about teachers and students. The alleged motive, according to the police, turned out to be retaliation against the athletic director's boss, who had been critical of his job...
  
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• International Olympic Committee Develops Guidelines for AI Use

  24-04-2024 09:51 via socialpsychology.org
  Source: United Press International - Health NewsThe International Olympic Committee Friday launched its so-called Olympic AI Agenda to lay out guiding principles and identify governing rules to mitigate risk and promote the responsible use of artificial intelligence. In a statement, IOC President Thomas Bach said, "There has not yet been an overall strategy for AI and sport. This is why, today, we are presenting this first holistic approach: our Olympic AI Agenda."
  
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• What we can learn about mental health from Elmo's viral social post

  23-04-2024 19:57 via usatoday.com
  
  The beloved Sesame Street character Elmo asked how people were doing, and then things got real.
  
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• What it’s like to be a ‘glass child’

  23-04-2024 19:56 via cnn.com
  
  Children without special needs can feel like they are “see-through,” as though they are made of glass, in families with special needs children.
  
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• The personality audit: should we ask friends for their brutally honest feedback on our flaws?

  23-04-2024 17:59 via theguardian.com
  
  There can be a big gap between self-perception and how our loved ones see us. Is it ever a good idea to seek the truth?Name: Personality audit.Age: People have worried about what other people think about them since the beginning of time. Continue reading...
  
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• Social Psychology Network Launches X Page on Artificial Intelligence

  23-04-2024 14:40 via socialpsychology.org
  Source: Social Psychology Network NewsSocial Psychology Network announced Tuesday the launch of a new social media page related to AI, psychology, and social issues. The page is hosted on X (formerly Twitter), and already has nearly 200 featured stories. "This is the first new social media page we've released in 5 years," said SPN Executive Director Scott Plous. "We hope visitors to http://x.com/Psychology_AI find this new service useful." Currently, 1.3 million people follow SPN...
  
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• Psychologist Becomes First Peruvian to Legally End Life Via Euthanasia

  23-04-2024 14:40 via socialpsychology.org
  Source: United Press International - Health NewsPsychologist Ana Estrada, 47, on Sunday became the first Peruvian citizen to die by euthanasia after receiving permission from Peru's Supreme Court. Assisted suicide and euthanasia are illegal in Peru, but Estrada fought a lengthy legal battle to win approval to end her life, the National Catholic Register reported Tuesday. Estrada was diagnosed with degenerative polymyostosis at age 12 and was confined to a wheelchair the rest of her life.
  
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• Soiled nappies and karate: AI-rendered Putin biopic to be released

  23-04-2024 14:08 via theguardian.com
  
  Polish director Besaleel’s film will feature an AI-rendered Russian president and footage shot by Ukrainian film-makers during the Russian invasionThe “world premiere” of a new biopic of Russian president Vladimir Putin featuring an AI-rendered central character, has been announced for 26 September. In a statement released via PR Leap, Polish studio AIO said the film, titled Putin, will be released in 35 countries, and describes itself as “up close and personal with the K
  
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• Pro-Palestinian Protests Leave American College Campuses on Edge

  23-04-2024 08:12 via socialpsychology.org
  Source: CBS News - U.S. NewsTension gripped college campuses across the U.S. Tuesday as Jewish students marked the Passover holiday amid pro-Palestinian protests over Israel's devastating war against Hamas in Gaza, where the Hamas-run Health Ministry says more than 34,000 people have been killed, most of them women and children. Meanwhile, Columbia University—which arrested more than 100 students Monday—said classes would be hybrid through the end of the semester.
  
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• New U.S. Rule Bars Transgender School Bathroom Bans

  23-04-2024 08:11 via socialpsychology.org
  Source: U.S. News and World ReportA new rule from President Joe Biden's administration blocking blanket policies to keep transgender students from using school bathrooms that align with their gender identity could conflict with laws in Republican-controlled states. The clash over bathroom policy and other elements of a federal regulation finalized last week could set the stage for another wave of legal battles over how transgender kids should be treated in the U.S.
  
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• Dominica Decriminalizes Same-Sex Relations

  23-04-2024 08:11 via socialpsychology.org
  Source: BBC News - Top HeadlinesDominica's High Court has overturned a ban on consensual same-sex relations in the Caribbean island nation. The court ruled such bans went against the country's constitution. LGBTQ activists hailed the decision as "a significant milestone in the ongoing struggle for LGBTQ rights in the Caribbean." Sexual activity between people of the same sex in English-speaking Caribbean nations was first criminalized by the British under their rule in the...
  
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• Perception of when old age starts has increased over time, shows study

  22-04-2024 15:00 via theguardian.com
  
  As people get older, they revise the age they consider to be old upwardsNone of us are getting any younger, but it appears the age at which we are considered old has moved upwards over the generations.What’s more, as adults get older, they shift the goalposts further still, a study has shown. Continue reading...
  
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• War Protesters Arrested at Yale; Columbia Cancels In-Person Classes

  22-04-2024 12:55 via socialpsychology.org
  Source: Google News - HealthColumbia University canceled in-person classes Monday, and new protests broke out on other U.S. college campuses as tensions continue to grow over Israel's war in Gaza. Protesters rallied throughout the weekend at Columbia''s New York City campus, where police last week arrested more than 100 pro-Palestinian demonstrators who had set up an encampment. At Yale, police officers also arrested about 45 protesters Monday and charged them with...
  
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