Study finds partisan hostility drives protest participation in the United States
New research suggests that Americans are more likely to protest when they feel threatened by the opposing party—not simply because...
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New research suggests that Americans are more likely to protest when they feel threatened by the opposing party—not simply because...
Read moreDetailsA new study suggests that people perceive crisis messages as more credible and trustworthy when they are written by humans...
Read moreDetailsNew research introduces a novel brain-mapping tool showing that even basic auditory rhythms can reorganize the brain’s activity. The findings...
Read moreDetailsScientists in France have documented the case of a teenager with extraordinary autobiographical memory. She can vividly reexperience past events...
Read moreDetailsResearchers found that a personalized neurostimulation system using artificial intelligence boosted attention performance in participants with lower baseline scores. The...
Read moreDetailsBy analyzing thousands of Reddit posts with large language models, scientists discovered that hate speech communities resemble psychiatric disorder forums—particularly...
Read moreDetailsA groundbreaking study has revealed that classical psychedelics affect far more than just serotonin. By mapping how 41 compounds interact...
Read moreDetailsA recent study sheds light on how narcissists interact with the social world—not through their actions, but through what they...
Read moreDetailsResearchers have found that listening to music after learning can influence memory in unexpected ways. Emotional arousal triggered by the...
Read moreDetailsA new study sheds light on how conspiracy believers interpret information. While they evaluate facts similarly to others, brain scans...
Read moreDetailsResearchers have uncovered evidence that links disease-avoidance motives to religiosity. Rather than tradition or ethnocentrism, the findings point to sexual...
Read moreDetailsA new study analyzing Donald Trump’s campaign speeches suggests he may have experienced a cognitive shift following the 2024 assassination...
Read moreDetailsDespite widespread claims that artificial intelligence has surpassed human creativity, a new meta-analysis provides no evidence to support this belief....
Read moreDetailsOlder adults who followed a Mediterranean-inspired diet known as the MIND diet were significantly less likely to have hippocampal sclerosis...
Read moreDetailsSome people prefer AI over real relationships, according to a new national study. One in five users of romantic chatbot...
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