… In terms of helping to convince people that information is true and trustworthy, “fact-checking does work”, says Sander van der Linden, a social psychologist at the University of Cambridge, UK, who acted as an unpaid adviser on Facebook’s fact-checking programme in 2022. “Studies provide very consistent evidence that fact-checking does at least partially reduce […]

… Michael Inzlicht, a professor of psychology at the University of Toronto, said people were more willing to share private information with a bot than with a human being. Generative A.I. chatbots, in turn, respond more empathetically than humans do. In a recent study, he found that ChatGPT’s responses were more compassionate than those from crisis

Quick Take Over 40% of people with depression also have a comorbid anxiety disorder.  Understanding the relationship between patients’ comorbid depression and anxiety could help practitioners provide more effective personalized treatment.  Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) that targets depression or anxiety could help treat both disorders because of how CBT addresses shared features of these conditions. 

There is a lot that goes into a graduate school program, whether you’re applying, finishing up your thesis or dissertation, or anything in between. While on that journey, having the right people to guide you through your program is a key facet of your success. Your committee members are those people. Given that your committee

… Another way to add warmth to your connections could be to repair past wrongs, by saying sorry. As our tech specialist Thomas Germain found out, robots are actually surprisingly good at coming up with effective apologies – while many humans struggle with that. But we humans may have one advantage: we can show in many ways

… If effort isn’t rewarded, effort won’t be applied. Those who doubt that they can find the right answer won’t even try. The richness that comes from inviting students to do their best will be left by the wayside. New approaches to old problems won’t be pursued, new solutions won’t be chased, and new problems

New year, new you. But before you start on your resolutions for 2025, think back on what you accomplished in 2024. … The start of a new year signifies a new start to many people, says Katy Milkman, a professor at the University of Pennsylvania and author of the book “How to Change: The Science of

How do the five love languages hold up to empirical research? How do psychological researchers feel about self-censorship? How does gender equality vary by country globally? Tune in to hear highlights from last year’s most popular research.   In this episode, APS’s Özge Gürcanlı Fischer Baum and Hannah Brown take turns describing the most downloaded articles

The first bell echoes off the bricked hallways of Lindbergh High School in Renton, Washington, warning dazed and coffee-clutching students to pick up their pace. It’s December. It’s 7:15 a.m. It’s still dark outside. Yet, in five minutes, they are expected to be sitting in class, alert, and ready to learn. … Poor sleep and

I’m a Gen X-er, so ultraprocessed foods have been a mainstay of my diet since I was a kid. I was raised on bowls of sugary cereal, mac and cheese and instant ramen. I still crave them. And that’s by design, said Ashley Gearhardt, a professor of psychology at the University of Michigan. Dr. Gearhardt’s research suggests