/newsroom/taxonomy/term/879/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/expert-facebook-instagram-and-whatsapp-back-online-after-global-outage-333966 <p>Facebook and Facebook-owned apps Instagram and WhatsApp were up and running again late Monday after being hit by an outage that affected users around the world. The social media giant said the disruption to network traffic "had a cascading effect on the way our data centres communicate, bringing our services to a halt." It said there is no evidence that user data was comprised. It was the largest such outage ever tracked by the web monitoring group Downdetector, which collates complaints about web outages.</p> Wed, 06 Oct 2021 16:04:59 +0000 frederique.mazerolle@mcgill.ca 278398 at /newsroom /newsroom/channels/news/expert-why-you-should-pay-attention-k-pop-group-bts-performing-american-music-awards-282880 <p><span>The K-pop boy group BTS (aka Bangtan Sonyeondan (Korean) or “Beyond the Scene” (English)) will be performing live at the American Music Awards (AMAs) this Sunday in Los Angeles. This will mark the first time that a K-pop group has had a solo stage performance on an American music awards show, after Psy performed with MC Hammer during the 2012 AMAs.</span></p> Fri, 17 Nov 2017 20:12:40 +0000 vincent.allaire@mcgill.ca 32684 at /newsroom /newsroom/channels/news/human-sounds-convey-emotions-better-words-do-257683 <p><strong><em>By Katherine Gombay, <a href="/newsroom">McGill Newsroom</a></em></strong></p> <p><em>Brain uses “older” systems/structures to preferentially process emotion expressed through vocalizations</em></p> Mon, 11 Jan 2016 16:59:10 +0000 nima.adibpour@mail.mcgill.ca 25070 at /newsroom /newsroom/channels/news/first-language-wires-brain-later-language-learning-257068 <p>Research also demonstrates brain's plasticity and ability to adapt to new language environments Mon, 30 Nov 2015 19:35:58 +0000 nima.adibpour@mail.mcgill.ca 24955 at /newsroom /newsroom/channels/news/media-love-men-bad-news-women-255762 <p align="center"> Wed, 30 Sep 2015 19:36:23 +0000 katherine.gombay@mcgill.ca 24509 at /newsroom /newsroom/channels/news/perceived-threat-aboriginals-and-visible-minorities-255277 <p>Canadian cities that have significant visible minority and Aboriginal populations have bigger police forces than those without. No matter what the actual level of crime. Tue, 15 Sep 2015 20:27:50 +0000 katherine.gombay@mcgill.ca 24472 at /newsroom /newsroom/channels/news/can-you-judge-man-his-fingers-242473 <p><img src="/newsroom/files/newsroom/thinkstockphotos-533666781_0.jpg" style="height:234px; width:715px" /></p> Wed, 18 Feb 2015 14:18:26 +0000 melody.enguix@mcgill.ca 22102 at /newsroom