An interdisciplinary team of researchers reports on how social norms -- 'patterns of behaviors or values that depend on expectations about what others do and/or think should be done' -- can be ...

Traditionalism, a synonym for conservatism, is defined as “the tendency to embrace what are perceived to be the longstanding norms and values of one’s group, while rejecting changes to them.” During ...

Societies are built upon the foundation of shared habits and unwritten rules. Social norms guide our behavior, from informal greetings to complex decision-making, imposing a sense of order and ...

As our unwritten social constructs change and evolve over time, as a 2024 study suggests, there's certainly expectations and social norms that no longer serve our collective well-being, but rather, ...

New research funded by the Pentagon suggests that artificial intelligence can scan and analyze blocks of text to discern whether the humans who wrote it have done something wrong or not. The paper, ...

"Appears to lack common sense." Those five words appeared at the bottom of my third-grade report card. It fit. So many of the unwritten rules that others seemed to know intuitively, I only learned ...

Part 3 of the TED Radio Hour episode Cuts Both Ways. If AI is smart enough to pass the bar exam, why does it struggle with simple common sense questions? Computer scientist Yejin Choi studies how to ...

In an era where remote work has become more than a trend, evolving into a key facet of our professional landscape, the challenge of building and sustaining a robust workplace culture in a virtual ...

A khap panchayat in Uttar Pradesh’s Baghpat has banned smartphones for minors and discouraged wearing shorts in public, ...