“Remembrance of things past is not necessarily the remembrance of things as they were.” –Marcel Proust, who famously described how the smell and taste of a madeleine flooded him with memory. Most of ...

A new Tel Aviv University study reveals an intriguing phenomenon for the first time: the anticipation of social interactions and the desire to cultivate strong friendships with people in our midst can ...

Mount Sinai researchers have identified for the first time the neural mechanisms in the brain that regulate both positive and negative impressions of a social encounter, as well as how an imbalance ...

There were many fallouts from the COVID-19 pandemic, but one that is rarely discussed is its effect on diverse encounters and social mixing in our cities. Greater interaction between different groups ...

Ex-lovers, outcasts and frenemies were easy to avoid during the pandemic. Now those awkward social encounters are back. By Bob Morris The party was for the unveiling of a 1910 Grosvenor Atterbury ...

Urban encounters encompass the spontaneous and planned interactions that occur in city landscapes, shaping the bonds that hold diverse communities together. These interactions range from fleeting ...

Researchers have identified the neural mechanisms in the brain that regulate both positive and negative impressions of a social encounter, as well as how an imbalance between the two could lead to ...

In the study, participants were presented with images of unfamiliar individuals and asked to rate them based on various criteria. The surprising findings clearly showed that when the subjects were ...