Interaction-based traditions in sociology, ethnomethodology, conversation analysis (CA), and Goffmanian studies of the interaction order, have long argued ...

Psychologists have long known that social situations profoundly influence human behavior, yet have lacked a unified, empirically grounded way to describe them. A new study addresses this problem by ...

New research suggests that chatbots still don’t measure up to humans when it comes to connection and well-being.

The brain does not only cooperate; it also competes. So determines an international study by the University of Oxford, the University of Cambridge, Pompeu Fabra University and the Montreal ...

Social by nature, humans interact in multiple ways—through voice, vision and touch. Reflecting these humanistic qualities, robotic capabilities are improving, and as such, human-robot interaction will ...

AI has become a big part of the way many people work, learn, and teach. This includes AI’s ability to provide an individualised approach to education and help students develop their skills. A study by ...

As AI becomes increasingly integrated into our daily lives, it can be hard to know where to focus in trying to understand the changing world. Still, it is important to have thought-provoking ...

Interactions between pairs of humans lead to the emergence of a dyadic vigor with similar characteristics as individual vigor, where both partners adapt, with the slower having a critical role.

Chicks, just like pets, also benefit from gentle human touch, new research has revealed. Scientists at the University of Bristol have discovered that gentle human interactions do not only prevent fear ...