Researchers from the Institute of Industrial Science, The University of Tokyo, have found a surprisingly simple way of understanding social-distancing behavior during an epidemic. Tokyo, Japan – ...

Every semester, I start my social psychology courses by conveying to students the basic notion that we are all wired to connect socially. Never before have we seen in our lifetimes such an extreme ...

In late 2024, more than 20 years after the birth of Facebook, the impact of social media on our lives cannot be overstated. Initially underestimated by many in business, social media eventually came ...

This letter responds to your question about evidence on the effectiveness and costs of social distancing measures in contending with COVID-19. Respiratory viruses are transmitted from person to person ...

Amidst all the calls in nearly every country for social distancing, the most powerful tool we have to slow the spread of the coronavirus, one important fact gets lost: We are fundamentally social ...

Studying epidemics can help us plan for the future and identify better ways of dealing with them. Now, in a new study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, a ...