#behavioural — Public Fediverse posts

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/may/06/singapore-caning-school-bullies. "International groups such as #UNICEF, the UN’s agency for #children, oppose the use of #corporal #punishment for children, saying it harms their #physical & #mentalhealth, & increases #behavioural #problems over time." Corporal punishment is NOT the answer to #bullying, #Singapore! Furthermore, bullying isn't just confined to children - #adults #bully other adults, & they bully children, too!

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/may/06/singapore-caning-school-bullies. "International groups such as #UNICEF, the UN’s agency for #children, oppose the use of #corporal #punishment for children, saying it harms their #physical & #mentalhealth, & increases #behavioural #problems over time." Corporal punishment is NOT the answer to #bullying, #Singapore! Furthermore, bullying isn't just confined to children - #adults #bully other adults, & they bully children, too!

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/may/06/singapore-caning-school-bullies. "International groups such as #UNICEF, the UN’s agency for #children, oppose the use of #corporal #punishment for children, saying it harms their #physical & #mentalhealth, & increases #behavioural #problems over time." Corporal punishment is NOT the answer to #bullying, #Singapore! Furthermore, bullying isn't just confined to children - #adults #bully other adults, & they bully children, too!

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/may/06/singapore-caning-school-bullies. "International groups such as #UNICEF, the UN’s agency for #children, oppose the use of #corporal #punishment for children, saying it harms their #physical & #mentalhealth, & increases #behavioural #problems over time." Corporal punishment is NOT the answer to #bullying, #Singapore! Furthermore, bullying isn't just confined to children - #adults #bully other adults, & they bully children, too!

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/may/06/singapore-caning-school-bullies. "International groups such as #UNICEF, the UN’s agency for #children, oppose the use of #corporal #punishment for children, saying it harms their #physical & #mentalhealth, & increases #behavioural #problems over time." Corporal punishment is NOT the answer to #bullying, #Singapore! Furthermore, bullying isn't just confined to children - #adults #bully other adults, & they bully children, too!

So the #USAnians sent a "special envoy" to Greenland.

This is a #diplomatic faux pas to start with - #Greenland is an autonomous division of the #Danish kingdom, and so all diplomatic actions should (at least to start) be done by approaching Denmark, through the USA ambassador to Denmark. Bypassing that is Not Done. Extremely rude. Like, "drop your trousers and shit on the floor in front of the queen" #rude.

So that's bad enough.

But the *reason* for the envoy is to try to convince Greenland to #separate from #Denmark, and join the #USA. i.e. it's just another extension of the "We'll take Greenland" #bullshit the #insane #orange mental-defect-in-diapers was pushing a while back. This is, from a diplomatic standpoint, unspeakably rude. Unimaginably so. Simply unfathomable, except for the fact that the USA *elected* that #fascist #asshole to behave this way.

So the normal diplomatic response would be for the Danish PM to summon the USA #ambassador, and ask him for an explanation, and the ambassador would be expected to provide an #apology to some degree.

But given Trump's penchant for appointing his kind of c*cksuckers as ambassadors, and zero respect for any kind of #behavioural standards, the appropriate response here would be for the Danish PM to summon the USA ambassador, and then #stab him in the #face.

#USPol #diplomacy #TuckFrump #FauxPas #FoxPaws #diplomat #Trump #MangoMussolini #king #SmallHands #SDE #demented #dementia #USAnian

We're #hiring!

Two(!) full #professorships open in our department at WU Vienna (Vienna University of Economics and Business) under two complementary focus topics:

1) #Foundations of contemporary #InformationSystems, where we look for candidates who complement and strengthen the existing research at our department in areas such as:

· #ArtificialIntelligence: #AI Systems and Architectures
· #DataMining and #MachineLearning
· #DistributedSystems and #Decentralization
· #DistributedLedgers
· #Cloud and #Virtualisation
· #IoT and #EdgeComputing
· #DataGovernance for AI

2) #OperationsManagement with a focus on #DigitalTransformation, where the candidate’s expertise falls within one of the following research areas:

· #behavioural #operations
· AI application to #process improvements
· integrated #supplymanagement and #demandmanagement
· #ProductionPlanning and control
· #SupplyChain planning and control
· circular supply chains and sustainable supply chain management
· #tokenization in supply chains and new product development

Details at the link below... Please get in touch, if you want to know more!

https://www.wu.ac.at/en/isom/events/isom-news/detail/open-positions-2-full-professorships-of-business-administration-and-informaton-systems

📢 Study update! We are about 2/3 of the way through the #Behavioural #Immunity study! 🧠📊 Our high schoolers have been buzzing with activity. This journey has been all about uncovering how perceived #health #risks influence #social #interactions. The data is flowing, the insights are growing, and we are inching closer to understanding how social behaviour and health perceptions intertwine.

Thanks to everyone who has been part of the study so far. You are powering some truly fascinating science (despite occasionally forgetting to return your #proximity #sensors and taking them home for a little adventure 😅). Our sensors are great at collecting data—when they’re not crying out for a charge, that is. Check out the picture of our masterful charging #cable #management!

https://szala.org/projects/proxi/

3/ a project on #behavioural #synchrony in #romantic #couples

📢New Publication Alert!

🧬'Human #Evolutionary #Demography', ed. by Oskar Burger, Ronald Lee, and Rebecca Sear, is out today!

🔖This edited volume provides a much-needed, interdisciplinary introduction to the field and highlights cutting-edge research for interested readers and researchers in #demography, the #evolutionary #behavioural sciences, #biology, and related disciplines.

'Human Evolutionary Demography' is suitable for graduate courses in #demography, as well as upper-level undergraduates. Its range of research is sure to be of interest to academics working on demographic topics #naturalscientists working on #evolutionary processes, and disciplines which cross-cut natural and social science, such as evolutionary #psychology, human #behavioural #ecology, #culturalevolution, and #evolutionary #medicine.

🔗Access at https://doi.org/10.11647/OBP.0251

#Behavioural determinants of healthy and environmentally friendly diets in #French #university students

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.appet.2024.107532

#academia

In search of #animal #normativity: a #framework for studying #SocialNorms in non-human animals

#OpenAccess
#BiologicalReviews

"Proposition of a set of #constructs built around the core notion of a #normative #regularity, which we define as a socially maintained pattern of #behavioural #conformity within a community"

https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/brv.13056

IHE Delft's Klaas Schwartz was recently promoted to Professor of Water Services Governance at the University of Amsterdam, Faculty of #Social and #Behavioural Sciences. He has been actively involved in the educational activities of IHE Delft since 1998.
IHE Delft 💧 Institute for Water Education @ihedelft
http://edu.nl/pxcag

Decoding #Human #Behaviour: An Exploration Of #Behavioural #Science Methodologies

https://www.behavioraleconomics.com/decoding-human-behaviour-an-exploration-of-behavioural-science-methodologies/

How does the brain implement and switch between different #behavioural strategies, such as explore, exploit or disengage? New #preprint by Ahmadlou et al. (2023) on "A subcortical switchboard for exploratory, exploitatory, and disengaged states":

🌍 https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2023.12.20.572654v1

#Neuroscience #BehavioralScience

Why aren't proactive, anticipatory and prospective behaviours more valued in the workplace?

Is it a #behavioural #economics thing, i.e. those behaviours don't get rewarded therefore they're not adopted.

Or is it a #power #control thing, exercising your autonomy is a threat to the power structures?

Or perhaps something else?

Animal #behavioural #research is fascinating, not least because it reveals information about humans as social beings: How do communities, such as schools of #fish, make decisions? And what factors influence #individuality? An overview 👇
https://igb-berlin.de/en/news/contagious-behaviour

📢️Useful tool alert!📢️ Today at #ISHE2023 Jitka Lindová (Charles Uni.) and Marc Méhu (Webster Uni.) present a workshop on behavioural measurements in field and lab research. They introduce #ELAN #software: an annotation tool for audio🔊️ and video📽️ recordings. The first impression I have of this tool is really positive – plenty of options for customization to tailor the tool to your needs. If you sometimes code #behavioural #observational #data, check it out! https://archive.mpi.nl/tla/elan

RT @tiinalikki: How can #publichealth authorities establish #behavioural and #cultural insights units and structures? Looking forward to reflecting on this topic at the @ECDC_EU summer school today! https://apps.who.int/iris/handle/10665/352505 #BCI

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/ECDC_EU/status/1660919220958384131

According to the #NewStudy in both populations females were the best at catching prey. Female northern resident #orcas were also more efficient compared to males as they spent more time foraging. Tennessen says the southern resident orcas had “completely opposite behavior.” Males captured more prey and spent more time foraging compared to females.

https://www.kuow.org/stories/northern-and-southern-resident-orcas-have-different-hunting-patterns

#MarineBiology #science #whales #OrcaStudies #KillerWhale #Behavioural #HuntingPatterns #MarineMammals #nature #wildlife

📢 Have you ever wondered whether #pathogens can shape the #evolution of #social life in #insects? Yes? Great, we are opening a #PhDposition to address this question!

If you are interested in #behavioural ecology, #socialimmunity and #socialnetworks (and #earwigs, of course), then this PhD position is for you! 👏

📆 Application deadline: 27 March 2023.

More information -> https://joelmeunier.wixsite.com/researchpage/internships

Hi folks! 👋

I am Ranjith (he/him), a #CognitiveScience #researcher 🧠

Currently designing #experiments based on #behavioral #GameTheory at the #DataScience and #AI Lab, Department of #ComputerScience, New York University AbuDhabi #NYUAbuDhabi #NYUAD #UAE (remote contract).

Previously worked as a #Research Associate at the Department of #Neurology, National Institute of #MentalHealth and Neurosciences, #Neuroscience #NIMHANS #Bengaluru, where I investigated the role of #Bilingualism and #Education in delaying the onset of #dementia.

Prior to that, I was in the #Language and #Cognition Lab at the Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, #IITKanpur #IITK #UttarPradesh, where I worked in the areas of #VisualPerception #Psycholinguistics (Visual Word Recognition).

I hold a Master's degree in Cognitive Science from the Centre of #Behavioural and Cognitive Sciences #CBCS, University of #Allahabad, #Prayagraj and a Bachelor's degree in #Electronics and #Communication #Engineering from Anna #University, Chennai, India.

Before receiving my master's degree, I was in the third cohort of International #Fellowship in #Health #Technology #Assessment #HTA at the Indian Institute of Technology Madras, #IITMadras #IITM #Chennai.

I love #data, #theory, and bringing both together. I am interested in raising awareness of dementia. I also like to engage in #SystemsThinking and #DesignThinking to better understand #WickedProblems.

I am passionate about #equity, #diversity, #inclusion, and #SocialJustice.

I am #Indian 🇮🇳 by nationality, my family is from #TamilNadu, #India and I grew up speaking #Tamil at home. I am comfortable speaking in 🗣️ #Malayalam and #Hindi.

Excited to be here! ❤️
Nice to e-meet you everyone 👋

#Introduction

Hi folks! 👋

I am Ranjith (he/him), a #CognitiveScience #researcher 🧠

Currently designing #experiments based on #behavioral #GameTheory at the #DataScience and #AI Lab, Department of #ComputerScience, New York University AbuDhabi #NYUAbuDhabi #NYUAD #UAE (remote contract).

Previously worked as a #Research Associate at the Department of #Neurology, National Institute of #MentalHealth and Neurosciences, #Neuroscience #NIMHANS #Bengaluru, where I investigated the role of #Bilingualism and #Education in delaying the onset of #dementia.

Prior to that, I was in the #Language and #Cognition Lab at the Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, #IITKanpur #IITK #UttarPradesh, where I worked in the areas of #VisualPerception #Psycholinguistics (Visual Word Recognition).

I hold a Master's degree in Cognitive Science from the Centre of #Behavioural and Cognitive Sciences #CBCS, University of #Allahabad, #Prayagraj and a Bachelor's degree in #Electronics and #Communication #Engineering from Anna #University, Chennai, India.

Before receiving my master's degree, I was in the third cohort of International #Fellowship in #Health #Technology #Assessment #HTA at the Indian Institute of Technology Madras, #IITMadras #IITM #Chennai.

I love #data, #theory, and bringing both together. I am interested in raising awareness of dementia. I also like to engage in #SystemsThinking and #DesignThinking to better understand #WickedProblems.

I am passionate about #equity, #diversity, #inclusion, and #SocialJustice.

I am #Indian 🇮🇳 by nationality, my family is from #TamilNadu, #India and I grew up speaking #Tamil at home. I am comfortable speaking in 🗣️ #Malayalam and #Hindi.

Excited to be here! ❤️
Nice to e-meet you everyone 👋

#Introduction

Hi folks! 👋

I am Ranjith (he/him), a #CognitiveScience #researcher 🧠

Currently designing #experiments based on #behavioral #GameTheory at the #DataScience and #AI Lab, Department of #ComputerScience, New York University AbuDhabi #NYUAbuDhabi #NYUAD #UAE (remote contract).

Previously worked as a #Research Associate at the Department of #Neurology, National Institute of #MentalHealth and Neurosciences, #Neuroscience #NIMHANS #Bengaluru, where I investigated the role of #Bilingualism and #Education in delaying the onset of #dementia.

Prior to that, I was in the #Language and #Cognition Lab at the Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, #IITKanpur #IITK #UttarPradesh, where I worked in the areas of #VisualPerception #Psycholinguistics (Visual Word Recognition).

I hold a Master's degree in Cognitive Science from the Centre of #Behavioural and Cognitive Sciences #CBCS, University of #Allahabad, #Prayagraj and a Bachelor's degree in #Electronics and #Communication #Engineering from Anna #University, Chennai, India.

Before receiving my master's degree, I was in the third cohort of International #Fellowship in #Health #Technology #Assessment #HTA at the Indian Institute of Technology Madras, #IITMadras #IITM #Chennai.

I love #data, #theory, and bringing both together. I am interested in raising awareness of dementia. I also like to engage in #SystemsThinking and #DesignThinking to better understand #WickedProblems.

I am passionate about #equity, #diversity, #inclusion, and #SocialJustice.

I am #Indian 🇮🇳 by nationality, my family is from #TamilNadu, #India and I grew up speaking #Tamil at home. I am comfortable speaking in 🗣️ #Malayalam and #Hindi.

Excited to be here! ❤️
Nice to e-meet you everyone 👋

#Introduction

Hi folks! 👋

I am Ranjith (he/him), a #CognitiveScience #researcher 🧠

Currently designing #experiments based on #behavioral #GameTheory at the #DataScience and #AI Lab, Department of #ComputerScience, New York University AbuDhabi #NYUAbuDhabi #NYUAD #UAE (remote contract).

Previously worked as a #Research Associate at the Department of #Neurology, National Institute of #MentalHealth and Neurosciences, #Neuroscience #NIMHANS #Bengaluru, where I investigated the role of #Bilingualism and #Education in delaying the onset of #dementia.

Prior to that, I was in the #Language and #Cognition Lab at the Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, #IITKanpur #IITK #UttarPradesh, where I worked in the areas of #VisualPerception #Psycholinguistics (Visual Word Recognition).

I hold a Master's degree in Cognitive Science from the Centre of #Behavioural and Cognitive Sciences #CBCS, University of #Allahabad, #Prayagraj and a Bachelor's degree in #Electronics and #Communication #Engineering from Anna #University, Chennai, India.

Before receiving my master's degree, I was in the third cohort of International #Fellowship in #Health #Technology #Assessment #HTA at the Indian Institute of Technology Madras, #IITMadras #IITM #Chennai.

I love #data, #theory, and bringing both together. I am interested in raising awareness of dementia. I also like to engage in #SystemsThinking and #DesignThinking to better understand #WickedProblems.

I am passionate about #equity, #diversity, #inclusion, and #SocialJustice.

I am #Indian 🇮🇳 by nationality, my family is from #TamilNadu, #India and I grew up speaking #Tamil at home. I am comfortable speaking in 🗣️ #Malayalam and #Hindi.

Excited to be here! ❤️
Nice to e-meet you everyone 👋

#Introduction

Hi folks! 👋

I am Ranjith (he/him), a #CognitiveScience #researcher 🧠

Currently designing #experiments based on #behavioral #GameTheory at the #DataScience and #AI Lab, Department of #ComputerScience, New York University AbuDhabi #NYUAbuDhabi #NYUAD #UAE (remote contract).

Previously worked as a #Research Associate at the Department of #Neurology, National Institute of #MentalHealth and Neurosciences, #Neuroscience #NIMHANS #Bengaluru, where I investigated the role of #Bilingualism and #Education in delaying the onset of #dementia.

Prior to that, I was in the #Language and #Cognition Lab at the Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, #IITKanpur #IITK #UttarPradesh, where I worked in the areas of #VisualPerception #Psycholinguistics (Visual Word Recognition).

I hold a Master's degree in Cognitive Science from the Centre of #Behavioural and Cognitive Sciences #CBCS, University of #Allahabad, #Prayagraj and a Bachelor's degree in #Electronics and #Communication #Engineering from Anna #University, Chennai, India.

Before receiving my master's degree, I was in the third cohort of International #Fellowship in #Health #Technology #Assessment #HTA at the Indian Institute of Technology Madras, #IITMadras #IITM #Chennai.

I love #data, #theory, and bringing both together. I am interested in raising awareness of dementia. I also like to engage in #SystemsThinking and #DesignThinking to better understand #WickedProblems.

I am passionate about #equity, #diversity, #inclusion, and #SocialJustice.

I am #Indian 🇮🇳 by nationality, my family is from #TamilNadu, #India and I grew up speaking #Tamil at home. I am comfortable speaking in 🗣️ #Malayalam and #Hindi.

Excited to be here! ❤️
Nice to e-meet you everyone 👋

#Introduction

Thank you Mareike Schomerus & ⁦‪The Busara Center‬⁩ for being such lovely hosts in #Delhi. Looking forward to future #DishaCollab23, developing #Behavioural Science across #India, & collaborations with ⁦‪UCL’s Centre for Behaviour Change.

I find it fascinating how long #academic work takes to get published.

Take the Kendra Tully piece here:

https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/behavioural-public-policy/article/abs/odd-bedfellows-how-choice-architecture-can-enhance-autonomy-and-mitigate-inequality/FA4274DAFAFCBFAED7AB4D8ECF08A3C4

It was published in Oct 2022 in #Behavioural Public #Policy.

But the original #research was published in 2019.

Maybe 3 years isn't a long time in #academic circles. For the rest of us, that feels like a lifetime, doesn't it?

Why aren't people wearing #masks?

A #behavioural #psychologist explains why #Canadians still aren't willing to wear masks even when multiple #viruses are causing #children to be #hospitalized at unprecedented rates ( https://www.theglobeandmail.com/podcasts/the-decibel/article-a-behavioural-psychologist-explains-why-canadians-arent-wearing-masks/ ). H/T: @_SunshinyDays 🧵 1/

@randomwalker

No matter their trajectories, the #BigTech cos you list (+their associated -ve externalities) will be wrapped around wheels of global democracies (what's left of #democracy) for decades to come.

While cautiously optimistic: seems like #fediverse has significant potential to enable;

1) commercial opportunities
e.g.'Red Hat' style
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_Hat

2) improved individual & family self-defence from #BigTech #behavioural #surveillance #tracking)

#Privacy
#Law
#Governance

#behavioural time-scale #synaptic #plasticity was discovered by Bittner and Magee a few years ago: https://www.science.org/doi/full/10.1126/science.aan3846

It was mysterious - how could the time-window for plasticity be so large?

This new paper from the Losonczy lab suggests that it's due to intracellular calcium release from the ER:

https://www.science.org/doi/abs/10.1126/science.abm1670

Another promising avenue is to complement traditional #attachment #research (e.g., #behavioural #observation, interviews, #questionnaires, etc.) with objective neurobiological #data.

My @SoNeAtLab has suggested two functional #neuro-#anatomical models of human attachment - #NAMA & #NAMDA (https://pvrticka.com/attachment/nama_and_namda/) and thereby provides a #social #neuroscience perspective on attachment (https://pvrticka.com/attachment/attachment-theory-a-social-neuroscientists-perspective/).

Why is such an approach important? More information here: https://pvrticka.com/2022/08/17/why-attachment-matters-in-social-neuroscience/

Hi all, just following up on last week's #introduction. 2/2 #behavioural #ecology.
Studied various adaptive aspects of behaviour through the years, incl. #self-medication in animals (use of aromatic plants by birds). Currently monitoring #hole-nesting #birds & their parasites, which involves 🤞 for funding.
Two papers you might like:
- link between parasite loads and spring #temperature https://peercommunityjournal.org/item/10.24072/pcjournal.65.pdf
- the anti-predator value of #extra-pair mating #EPC https://www.pnas.org/doi/full/10.1073/pnas.2112004119