Instead of excitement about the upcoming election, many of my patients and friends—regardless of political affiliation—report they’re terrified at the thought of the “other side” winning. Democrats tell me they fear Donald Trump will end our democracy; Republicans are afraid…
Concern about “deepfakes”—synthesized videos and audio clips in which a person’s face, body or voice has been digitally altered—has come from both sides of the political aisle ahead of the 2024 election. The viral spread of disinformation online has plagued…
Credit: Pixabay from Pexels The advent of artificial intelligence (AI) presents several new and exciting opportunities for improving the quality of education. While several ways of integrating AI into schooling have been explored, only a few of them consider changing…
The federal government has been under significant pressure all week as it works to finalize proposed regulation to restrict gambling advertising. Currently, a partial ban is on the table. This has led to severe criticism from gambling harm researchers, community…
A new cross-disciplinary study by Washington University in St. Louis researchers has uncovered an unexpected psychological phenomenon at the intersection of human behavior and artificial intelligence: When told they were training AI to play a bargaining game, participants actively adjusted…
Accuracy is not higher when explanations are provided, compared to the baseline. Credit: Proceedings of the CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (2024). DOI: 10.1145 The $184 billion market for artificial intelligence shows no signs of slowing. A…
Credit: Massachusetts Institute of Technology As organizations rush to implement artificial intelligence (AI), a new analysis of AI-related risks finds significant gaps in our understanding, highlighting an urgent need for a more comprehensive approach. The adoption of AI is rapidly…
Every day, financial advisors take perhaps the toughest ethical test in America. Entrusted with managing more than $30 trillion in assets by clients who are relatively naïve in the ways of financial markets, they face constant temptations and opportunities for…
Researchers are calling on the social work community to begin incorporating a methodology called “discrete choice experiments” (DCEs) into their research, to better understand the needs and preferences of key stakeholders. This technique is well established in other fields but…
Giving performance feedback at work can be a stressful experience, especially for new leaders and their employees. It often evokes feelings of anxiety, uncertainty and defensiveness. Leaders might worry about how their feedback will be received and how it could…
Despite growing awareness of the environmental and social consequences of fast fashion, the overproduction and overconsumption of clothes continues. To attract a more mindful public, fashion brands have employed “woke” marketing tactics and published adverts that illustrate a political and…
Job interviews are an essential part of hiring. In Canada, interviews are the most popular hiring tool. However, there is a concerning gap between the science of interviewing and the way interviews are commonly practiced in workplaces. Employers often hold…
The organizational tree. Nodes are colored by team on a gradient such that teams in the same division are closer in color. The CEO is the black dot in the center. Credit: Nathaniel Josephs When it comes to successful organizations,…
A study by Michigan State University’s College of Social Science found a dramatic decline in people’s desire to stand out from other people over the past 20 years. The study, published in Collabra: Psychology, tracked over a million people’s desire…
Leading experts in regulation and ethics at the Oxford Internet Institute, have identified a new type of harm created by LLMs which they believe poses long-term risks to democratic societies and needs to be addressed by creating a new legal…
Evaluators who want to avoid appearing prejudiced may overcorrect and give women inflated performance feedback, new research indicates, which is a practice that could ultimately hinder their ability to improve and advance. A Washington State University-led research team investigated the…
Venting about your frustrations with one friend to another isn’t necessarily cathartic, but it can make the friend you’re talking to like and treat you better, UCLA psychologists say. Their experiments show that under certain conditions, it can be an…
Certain messages can drive internet users to take action in the face of cyberbullying, although the diffusion of responsibility on the internet works similarly to that in direct contact, say researchers from SWPS University. Dr. Jakub Ku?, a psychologist of…
A new study published in Social Science and Medicine has uncovered a significant relationship between facial attractiveness and life expectancy, with the least attractive people living substantially shorter lives, on average, than the rest of the cohort. In their paper,…
The campaign of former President Donald Trump is already trying to attack his Democratic opponent, Kamala Harris, in a way that will trigger negative public reactions based negative stereotypes, says Jennifer A. Chatman, a Berkeley scholar in psychology and leadership.…
Research has shown that in many animals, the winners of a fight are more likely to win subsequent contests, while the losers tend to lose their following fights. In experiments where male stickleback fish were randomly introduced to another fish,…
Employees stuck in a job they want to leave are not positively impacted by organizational support once an employer has been perceived to have broken their trust, new research has found. Stuck employees are people who would like to leave…
Legal documents are notoriously difficult to understand, even for lawyers. This raises the question: Why are these documents written in a style that makes them so impenetrable? MIT cognitive scientists believe they have uncovered the answer to that question. Just…
A chess board depicts a move from the “Game of the Century” in 1956, when future American chess grandmaster Bobby Fischer (black) sacrificed his queen in a move that was celebrated as brilliant. Credit: Safa Jinje Researchers at the University…
Language models may develop their own understanding of reality as a way to improve their generative abilities, indicating that the models may someday understand language at a deeper level than they do today. Credit: Alex Shipps/MIT CSAIL Ask a large…
In Diplomacy, a strategy game set on the eve of World War I, success hinges not on luck but the ability to negotiate. Players, each representing the armed forces of a European superpower, spend much of their time building trust,…
Researchers found ChatGPT has potential to help deliver medical information in an accessible and easy-to-understand manner. (Matheus Bertelli/Pexels) For symptoms like a runny nose and a cough, some might think it’s a common cold. It doesn’t warrant a doctor’s visit,…
Illustration of enrollment and usage of a personhood credential. Credit: arXiv (2024). DOI: 10.48550 As artificial intelligence agents become more advanced, it could become increasingly difficult to distinguish between AI-powered users and real humans on the internet. In a new…
Planet-warming greenhouse gas emissions associated with the global food supply chains induced by diets could fall by 17% if people change their food choices towards more plant-based diets, a new study reveals. Researchers believe that a currently over-consuming 56.9% of…
The atmosphere within a group can influence the outcome of strategic decision-making, according to a new study co-authored by Bayes Business School (formerly Cass). The research is published in the Academy of Management Journal. Paula Jarzabkowski, Professor of Strategic Management…
Horses are a lot smarter than previously believed, researchers argue, after a study revealed how they cleverly adapted their approach to a game in order to get the most treats for the least effort. Equine scientists at Nottingham Trent University…
Close up image of a mosquito. Credit: Jack Fox More than a quarter of Australians over the age of 50 take cholesterol-lowering drugs to prevent heart disease and strokes, but our bodies also need cholesterol to survive. Now, scientists from…
The Boba-seq logo, created by Davian Ho, a former undergraduate student researcher in the Arkin lab. Credit: Davian Ho A new technique developed at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) will make it much easier for researchers to discover the…
Closeup of the pneumatic logic sensing device. Credit: William Grover/UCR A new, air-powered computer sets off alarms when certain medical devices fail. The invention is a more reliable and lower-cost way to help prevent blood clots and strokes—all without electronic…
Credit: Vanda Molnár A study on dogs found that chromatin’s spatial structure has a significant role in the evolution of social behavior. Chromatin, the compact form of DNA, not only packages genetic material but also plays a crucial role in…
Credit: Journal of Chemical Education (2024). DOI: 10.1021 As the use of generative artificial intelligence continues to extend into all reaches of education, much of the concern related to its impact on cheating has focused on essays, essay exam questions…
Changes in dietary emissions for adopting the planetary health diet in countries and regions. Credit: Nature Climate Change (2024). DOI: 10.1038/s41558-024-02084-1 A report by a multi-institutional team of environmental scientists suggests that if everyone in the world adopted the EAT-Lancet…
Research led by scientists at the Ineos Oxford Institute for antimicrobial research at Oxford University has found that wild birds such as ducks and crows living close to humans, for example in cities, are likely to carry bacteria with antimicrobial…
Experimental set up and affect coding. Credit: Communications Psychology (2024). DOI: 10.1038/s44271-024-00122-4 A trio of psychologists at The University of St Andrews, in Scotland, has found that taking a five-second break before things escalate can reduce the chances of a…
Illustration of lexical alignment on the AI assistant’s language in one team who took part in the team’s experiment. Credit: Zvelebilova, Savage & Riedl. The effectiveness of teamwork in professional and academic environments typically depends on various factors, including communication…
