How leaning too heavily on artificial intelligence fuels student burnout
College students overwhelmed by academic pressure often use artificial intelligence to lighten their mental load. A new study explores how...
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Artificial intelligence accurately charts sleep stages without intrusive brain sensors
A newly developed deep learning model can accurately categorize intricate sleep stages using just three basic bodily monitors. By eliminating...
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Could a daily cup of coffee protect the brain against depressive symptoms?
A new study examining the mental health impacts of popular hot beverages found that while daily tea consumption had no...
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Why a single IQ score may not capture your true brainpower
A new statistical analysis reveals that overarching human intelligence fluctuates over a lifespan. The findings also suggest that a single...
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Are preprint servers inadvertently legitimizing scientific racism?
Open science platforms are designed to share research quickly. A new study reveals that fringe researchers are increasingly exploiting these...
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The psychology of simping: Fear of being single drives men to engage in obsessive romantic pursuit
Men who show extravagant, obsessive dedication to an unreciprocated romantic prospect are primarily motivated by a fear of being single,...
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What millions of voter records reveal about political independents
A new analysis challenges the notion that political independents are merely undercover partisans or apathetic citizens. Researchers found that most...
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Both men and women rate female faces as more attractive
A massive new data review combining 1.5 million ratings from across the globe confirms a long-debated phenomenon: people consistently rate...
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Video games might offer a small boost to memory and mental skills
A recent overarching review of dozens of studies found that playing video games might offer a modest boost to various...
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How belief in karma shapes whom we choose to help
Belief in karma can lead people to view social inequality as fair, but it also motivates charitable giving. New research...
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Experts and the public have radically different visions of an automated future
A new survey finds that technology experts focus heavily on the benefits of artificial intelligence, while everyday users remain far...
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Intelligence found to predict prosocial behaviors like voting and charitable giving in massive study
A massive analysis of Swedish population records reveals that people with higher cognitive abilities are more likely to vote, donate...
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Artificial intelligence estimates of childhood brain age predict teenage coping skills
By using artificial intelligence to estimate the physical age of a child's brain, researchers can now predict whether they will...
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Researchers discover a neural bridge between fear and physical reactions
New research shows how two distinct regions of the hippocampus synchronize during fearful events. By tracking nerve cells in animal...
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Experiments reveal the psychological cost of insulting political rhetoric
Aggressive communication from political leaders does more than just grab headlines. Recent experimental research shows that exposing voters to highly...
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