Editor’s note: Research from the CIPD shows that workers are using social tools outside of work but far less inside work. Still some work to do by organisations then . . .
Editor’s note: Ask a good question and you’ll get a good answer so the saying goes. Now researchers have found evidence to support this idea by mining questions and answers on the site Stack Overflow.
Editor’s note: With the brain the brain is directly wired to the immune system and there are bridges with the nervous system, could the feeling of happiness have a positive effect on our health and well being? Some researchers think so.
Editor’s note: Two teams of scientists have independently shown that the strength of cumulative culture depends on the size and interconnectedness of social groups.
Editor’s note: Good to see stats that might challenge perceptions around social media usage. Look at the fastest growing cohort on Twitter, for example.
Editor’s note: A resource of research that documents no significant differences (NSD) in student outcomes between alternate modes of education delivery. Thanks to @andrewjacobsld for sharing
Editor’s note: Facebook’s data-science team teases out who is romantically involved with whom by examining link structures.
Editor’s note: Big, and ongoing, research by Gallup into the US workplace. This research shows that poor managers continue to be a costly thorn in the side of organisations.
Editor’s note: Smallish survey of 1,000 employees which tells us that job satisfaction trumps reward – but the basic level reward has to be seen to be good as well.
Editor’s note: A look at political ideology as a cognitive bias and how that links to ideology and dogma.
Editor’s note: The neuroscience equivalent of the Human Genome Project is underway . . .
Editor’s note: A list of ways in which exercise is good for the mind – all including links to research sources.
Editor’s note: Two evidence-based research reports into mobile learning. A must-read for anyone wanting to roll out learning apps.
Editor’s note: Analysis of how we use language across social media sites to describe personality, gender, and age and how personality and behaviour can be mapped through language analysis.
Editor’s note: Wanting to learn and keeping your brain active as you get older will help cognitive function later in life, according to this research.