/newsroom/taxonomy/term/1333/all en /newsroom/channels/news/how-cultural-differences-shape-responses-covid-19-334233 <p>A study exploring cross-cultural differences in knowledge and attitudes towards COVID-19 reveals that people in Europe had the least knowledge of COVID-19 and lowest tendency to care about the coronavirus, while people in the United States had the lowest tendency to comply with public health restrictions. As the pandemic began to unfold, people in the Middle East and Asia were the most aware of COVID-19. People in the Middle East were also the most afraid of the coronavirus.</p> Mon, 18 Oct 2021 17:07:00 +0000 shirley.cardenas@mcgill.ca 280622 at /newsroom /newsroom/channels/news/fear-fearlessness-and-animal-extinction-269034 <p>Too much fear can be dangerous for species’ survival. In fact, fear alone, even in the absence of a live predator, can lead to species’ extinction if the population size is small enough suggests a recent study from McGill and Guelph universities. To read: <a href="/newsroom/article/how-fear-alone-can-cause-animal-extinction">“How fear alone can cause animal extinction”</a></p> Mon, 24 Jul 2017 17:14:36 +0000 priya.pajel@mail.mcgill.ca 32087 at /newsroom