Articles for Human Behaviour

Grade shock: Edtech businesses failed on Student Behaviour 101
4 months, 3 weeks ago

Grade shock: Edtech businesses failed on Student Behaviour 101

Live Mint  

Until recently, the edtech business was the poster boy of India’s startup ecosystem. As compared to traditional education, where the student must travel a long distance to school and spend most of the day in a classroom, edtech provides access to learning anywhere, anytime. Edtech companies provide content even on smartphones, which are usually fun devices for teenagers that do …

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Do we have free will? The answer has big implications.
5 months, 1 week ago

Do we have free will? The answer has big implications.

Live Mint  

On 25 October 2023, Robert Card, a US Army reservist walked into a restaurant and bowling alley in Lewiston, Maine, and shot dead 18 people. According to Dr. Ann McKee of Boston University’s Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy Centre, “While I cannot say with certainty that these pathological findings underlie Mr. Card’s behavioural changes in the last 10 months of life, based …

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The need for Social Sciences in India’s progress
6 months ago

The need for Social Sciences in India’s progress

The Hindu  

As the IPL season wrapped up and the T20 World Cup is in progress, there is no doubt that cricket fever is here to stay. He relied not on the Physical Sciences like Biology or Chemistry, but on the Social Sciences and showed how, by rigorously investigating social phenomena, one can discover practical solutions that improve lives. The All India …

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Connecting the bots: What an ‘AI village’ has revealed about bots, and us
10 months, 1 week ago

Connecting the bots: What an ‘AI village’ has revealed about bots, and us

Hindustan Times  

In a two-day experiment conducted by computer science and AI researchers at Stanford University and Google, each of 25 bots was given a personality, and let loose in this gamified village environment. Over two days, these bots — based on what they had been told about themselves, and input they had been fed using the large language model ChatGPT — …

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Exploring the psychology of space: How design shapes human behaviour
1 year, 4 months ago

Exploring the psychology of space: How design shapes human behaviour

Hindustan Times  

Exploring the psychology of space and how design shapes human behaviour is a fascinating topic that delves into the intersection of psychology, architecture and environmental design where this field examines how the physical environment influences human emotions, behaviours and interactions. Designers and architects consider psychological principles to create environments that cater to human needs, enhance experiences and shape behaviours in …

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The unusual explanation that could be behind your teenager's bad behaviour
1 year, 11 months ago

The unusual explanation that could be behind your teenager's bad behaviour

The Telegraph  

Adolescent humans and chimps seek risky option Just like humans, chimpanzees show rapid changes in hormone levels during adolescence, start forming new bonds with peers, show increases in aggression and compete for social status. It suggests that just like human teens, adolescent chimpanzees will In the second test, the chimps' "delayed gratification" skills were tested by allowing chimpanzees to receive …

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Humility can help close a big gap in strategic decisions
2 years, 4 months ago

Humility can help close a big gap in strategic decisions

Live Mint  

I was part of the team that launched Rexona deodorant in India. Two significant projects announced in 2013—the Human Brain Project by the European Commission and the BRAIN Initiative by the Obama administration—were bold new initiatives focused on revolutionizing our understanding of the human brain, the source of all human behaviour. The HBP project, with a $1.3 billion kitty, and …

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Treating wounds may not be uniquely human – chimpanzees do it too
2 years, 10 months ago

Treating wounds may not be uniquely human – chimpanzees do it too

The Independent  

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Hot or Cold Weather May Have No Significant Effect on Covid-19 Spread: Study
4 years, 1 month ago

Hot or Cold Weather May Have No Significant Effect on Covid-19 Spread: Study

News 18  

Temperature and humidity do not play a significant role in the spread of the novel coronavirus, that causes COVID-19, according to a study led by an Indian-origin researcher in the US. The study, published in the International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, suggests that the transmission of Covid-19 from one person to the next depends almost entirely on …

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Weather alone has no significant effect on COVID-19 spread: Report
4 years, 1 month ago

Weather alone has no significant effect on COVID-19 spread: Report

Live Mint  

A research led by The University of Texas at Austin is adding clarity on weather's role in COVID-19 infection, with a new study finding that temperature and humidity do not play a significant role in coronavirus spread. In terms of relative importance, the weather is one of the last parameters," said Dev Niyogi, a professor at UT Austin's Jackson School …

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The challenge of changing health behaviour
4 years, 2 months ago

The challenge of changing health behaviour

The Hindu  

The role of health behaviour in public health practice needs special attention during an epidemic. Identifying ‘at risk’ sections The real skill of public health professionals during an epidemic is to identify those social groups which can be at greater risk to disease at any given point of time. Comment | The pandemic and the challenge of behaviour change It …

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