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Mental health and peer support: sometimes online communities can help
While social media often take heat for their negative effects on mental health, a recent study of Facebook and Reddit support groups reveals a positive side.
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“Femcels”—or women who are single against their will—are more likely to suffer from sexual depression than those who are single by choice. They are also more prone to sexual anxiety, which is largely fueled by the fear of abuse by potential partners.
Femcels feel doomed to loneliness
Sexuality • Jul 7th
The lists of signatories to petitions denouncing the war became a kind of “technology of judgment”: a tool for mutual evaluation. Before signing a petition, people would check the names of those who had signed it before them to make sure that respected colleagues were among them. Friendships were strengthened or broken depending on whether a name appeared on the list or not.
“Stop the war!”: the paradox of "pressure petitions"
Politics • Jun 30th
What works in prevention is equipping young people, not just talking to them about cannabis.
Cannabis: what tips the balance for teens to start consuming?
Drugs • Jun 11th
The study suggests that there is a direct link between grandparents' income and the likelihood that their grandchildren will go on to pursue postsecondary education.
Bridging the generation gap, financially
Demographics • Jun 8th
The therapeutic alliance refers to the quality of the relationship that develops between a person in treatment and their therapist.
Just connect: preventing child sex offenders from doing it again
Psychology • Jun 8th
One of the program's main goals is to prevent family problems among newcomers to Quebec.
Strengthening support for immigrant parents
Immigration • Jun 8th
Traditional models of radicalization often describe a linear progression.
The path to teen radicalization isn’t as straight as people think
Adolescence • Jun 5th
Preliminary data suggest that certain personal characteristics influence how conflicts are experienced depending on the communication method used.
Can fighting via SMS be good for a relationship?
Psychology • Jun 3rd
Alain Roy, professor at the Faculty of Law at Université de Montréal
Behind the scenes of family law reforms: Alain Roy’s journey
Law • May 14th
The study shows that food insecurity and poor eating habits don’t necessarily go together.
A snapshot of food insecurity among immigrants
Nutrition • May 7th
Picture of the “Silent 700”, Columbia Journalism Review, March-April 1983, p.S6.
“Constant tinkering": reporters pioneered portable computer use
Journalism • May 7th
Hashtag hijacking tries to manipulate social media algorithms to gain visibility.
Conspiracy theories meet real news: how QAnon tries to hijack the Internet
Criminology • May 5th
More than just a reading tool, braille is a way for blind people to navigate their surroundings. However, most orientation and mobility specialists incorporate it little or not at all into their work with blind adults.
Braille: an underutilized tool
Optometry • Apr 29th
The systemic imbalances are reflected in the disproportionate impact of femicide on Indigenous, racialized and marginalized women, according to Alain-Guy Sipowo.
Femicide: From aggravating factor to standalone crime
Violence • Apr 28th
The book titled ''Maîtres chez eux: Churchill Falls, la fondation d'Hydro-Québec au Labrador'' is published by Les Presses de l'Université de Montréal
'Masters in our own house' ... and theirs, too
Books • Apr 27th
Online platforms play a facilitating role in the trade of succulent plants: they do not require sellers to display their permits or the conservation status of the species they offer. Participants rely on reviews from other buyers to gauge a seller’s reliability, using this mechanism as a substitute for any verification of legality.
Crimes of passion: the illegal online trade in succulents
Criminology • Apr 24th
The study shows that regions favourable to Homo sapiens were found to be more highly connected than those of Neanderthals.
Why did the Neanderthals disappear?
Archaeology • Apr 22nd
Children who played actively with a parent every day were significantly more physically active at the start of adolescence.
Once active, always active
Public health • Apr 10th
Excavations of Ucanal Structure K-1, a possible Terminal Classic council house
A building fit for a council, not a king
Archaeology • Apr 9th
An independent sex worker manages her own clientele and retains control over her practices. No third party takes a cut of her earnings.
Marginalized and at risk: independent sex workers speak out
Criminology • Apr 7th
The NaijaVoices project is improving speech recognition in Igbo, Hausa, and Yoruba.
AI learns Igbo, Hausa and Yoruba
Artificial intelligence • Mar 27th
Vincent Gautrais, professor at the Faculty of Law at Université de Montréal
Regulating infotech: 'we're still in a state of adolescence'
Law • Mar 19th
There is a profound circularity between inner ecology and outer ecology: by caring for the planet, we care for ourselves, and by cultivating our inner world, we become agents of care for the Earth.
Take care of yourself to take care of the planet
Spirituality • Mar 11th
The concept of Rhythm Workers is simple: players tap the screen of a cellphone in time with the music being played, building virtual structures as their accuracy improves.
Sync to the beat and stutter less
Speech therapy • Mar 9th
When analyzing a request for medical assistance in dying, the clinical ethicist must, among other things, discern the underlying causes of suffering and determine if it is truly intolerable, and ensure that the person's consent is free and informed.
Using ethics to guide end-of-life decisions
Deaths • Feb 20th
According to Guillaume Dubé, lower-risk cannabis users resemble non-users more than higher-risk users.
Cannabis: What is the profile of adults at low risk of dependence?
Drugs • Feb 19th
According to the doctoral student, a relationship with AI can become a frictionless space.
Can AI fulfill our emotional needs?
Psychology • Feb 11th
The use of AI could expand access to mediation for minor conflicts and everyday disagreements, for examples.
Can robots play peacemaker?
Justice • Jan 22nd
Across the groups studied, the overall effect of disciplinary confinement was nil, or even negative.
Disciplinary confinement in prison does more harm than good
Criminology • Dec 18th

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