Hacker News with Generative AI: Social Behavior

Gorilla study reveals complex pros and cons of friendship (sciencedaily.com)
Friendship comes with complex pros and cons -- possibly explaining why some individuals are less sociable, according to a new study of gorillas.
Social Behavior, Animal Behavior, Primates, Science
51 points by lentoutcry 3 days ago | 37 comments
Are these chimps having a fruity booze-up in the wild? (arstechnica.com)
New data suggests that the human inclination toward feasting in groups is part of our deep evolutionary history.
Primate Behavior, Evolution, Social Behavior, Alcohol
11 points by PaulHoule 12 days ago | 3 comments
Mice exhibit paramedic-like behaviors toward unresponsive peers, study finds (medicalxpress.com)
University of California, Los Angeles, researchers have identified neural mechanisms behind prosocial behaviors in mice directed toward unresponsive conspecifics.
Animal Behavior, Neuroscience, Social Behavior, Research
40 points by PaulHoule 65 days ago | 3 comments
Lonely sunfish in Japan gets cardboard human friends (bbc.com)
A sociable sunfish who was reportedly missing its human audience during a temporary closure of its aquarium in Japan has been comforted in an unorthodox way.
Animals, Japan, Aquariums, Social Behavior
142 points by krylon 109 days ago | 86 comments
Ants vs. Humans: Putting Group Smarts to the Test (weizmann.ac.il)
Anyone who has dealt with ants in the kitchen knows that ants are highly social creatures; it’s rare to see one alone.
Biology, Social Behavior, Animal Intelligence
42 points by thunderbong 135 days ago | 19 comments
Ants prove superior to humans in group problem-solving maze experiment (phys.org)
Anyone who has dealt with ants in the kitchen knows that ants are highly social creatures; it's rare to see one alone. Humans are social creatures too, even if some of us enjoy solitude. Ants and humans are also the only creatures in nature that consistently cooperate while transporting large loads that greatly exceed their own dimensions.
Science, Animal Behavior, Social Behavior, Research
5 points by pseudolus 136 days ago | 2 comments
Lonely individuals tend to think and talk in an unusual way, study finds (psypost.org)
Two neuroimaging studies found that lonely individuals’ neural representations of well-known celebrities diverged from those typical for their group in the medial prefrontal cortex, a region of the brain. Lonelier individuals were also more likely to use unusual language when describing well-known celebrities and to describe them in ways that were not typical for their group. The research was published in Communications Psychology.
Psychology, Neuroscience, Social Behavior, Language
155 points by isaacfrond 165 days ago | 157 comments
Kids are getting ruder, teachers say. And new research backs that up (cbc.ca)
Some teachers say kids are just plain ruder these days, with a sharp increase in disruptive behaviour like texting, talking out of turn and conflict with other students.
Education, Social Behavior, Youth
37 points by amichail 165 days ago | 46 comments
The Surprising Social Lives of Pythons (nytimes.com)
Ball pythons were long assumed to be solitary, but scientists discovered the snakes in captivity prefer each others’ company when given the chance to live socially.
Science, Animals, Pythons, Social Behavior
16 points by Thevet 176 days ago | 5 comments
Computer Science Personality Disorder? (ycombinator.com)
I'm an academic in CS. I'm constantly frustrated with the way people in my community behave (I call it computer science personality disorder).
Computer Science, Academia, Personality, Social Behavior, Frustration
40 points by academictemp 234 days ago | 25 comments
Neanderthals' social isolation may have sped up their extinction (popsci.com)
Using DNA extracted from some roughly 45,000-year-old bones, scientists have found a new Neanderthal lineage that likely did not have a lot of interaction with others from its species.
Neanderthals, Extinction, Genetics, Paleontology, Social Behavior
25 points by geox 240 days ago | 14 comments
Why do rich people love quiet? (theatlantic.com)
Psychology, Wealth, Social Behavior
11 points by Brajeshwar 326 days ago | 2 comments
Psychological tricks rich people use to look generous without spending more (billmei.net)
Psychology, Wealth, Generosity, Social Behavior
95 points by Kortaggio 340 days ago | 116 comments