When people feel physically closer to someone who could be harmed, they are less willing to sacrifice that person for the greater good, according to a new finding reported in Cognition & Emotion.

The term "social distancing" just doesn't sit right . Words matter, and it seems like this way of naming how we must behave might make things even worse. What we need and what is required is not ...

No doubt about it—we’re living in frightening times, times few of us have ever before experienced. The world has changed overnight, it seems, and unless you’re someone in denial that we’re facing a ...

This morning, listening to NEPR, I heard someone say that since we have been keeping in contact with family and friends through various media we are in social contact! When we must go out in public we ...

Children account for a large proportion of new infections in Australia’s current COVID-19 outbreaks. This has raised concerns about their safe return to school. As schools in New South Wales and ...