A study of 191 German preschoolers found that by age 4, 90% could select evidence refuting a false causal claim, and about half could provide valid verbal counterarguments, rising to 70% by age 5.5. T…
A study published in Translational Psychiatry found that early changes in symptom scores after a single 20-milligram dose of methylphenidate accurately forecast long-term medication success in adults …
A study published in the Journal of Medical Internet Research found that people trust health advice from human nurses more than from AI, but the intuitiveness of the advice matters more than the sourc…
A study published in iScience found that dogs' brains can distinguish between specific negative human facial expressions, not just positive versus negative emotions. Researchers at Eötvös Loránd Unive…
A large developmental study of 11,119 UK children found that only 16% of those scoring above 115 on cognitive tests at age 7 maintained high scores by age 16, indicating early giftedness rarely persis…
A study published in NeuroImage found that childhood trauma is linked to chronic procrastination in adulthood, with brain imaging of 1,189 undergraduate students at Southwest University in China revea…
A study in the Journal of Affective Disorders using data from 21,424 UK Biobank participants found that cognitive performance explains roughly 20-25% of the association between anxiety/depression and …
A study published in Telematics and Informatics Reports found that fear of missing out on artificial intelligence is linked to higher levels of depression and anxiety. Chi-Lin Yu, a psychology researc…
A study published in Communications Biology found that international adoptees who were exposed to Mandarin before age two but then spoke only French retained brain structure resembling native tonal la…
A study published in the International Journal of Psychophysiology found that six months of playing Counter-Strike: Global Offensive for one hour a day, five days a week, improved visual attention and…
Researchers at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and Itay and Beyond grew brain organoids from cells of 15 human participants and found that different types of autism spectrum disorder produce distin…
Three new studies published in Mindfulness, Scientific Reports, and the Journal of Mood and Anxiety Disorders show that group-based mindfulness and compassion programs alter brain activity patterns an…
A machine learning model combining an autism questionnaire with online tests of emotion recognition, perception, and mental skills identified autistic adults with 92% accuracy, according to a study pu…
Higher levels of background electrical brain activity, or neural noise, during speech processing are linked to greater difficulties in real-world communication among autistic youths, according to a st…
A study published in Telematics and Informatics found that 80 to 90 percent of college students use generative AI tools like ChatGPT, driven by fear of falling behind, leading to "noAIphobia" — anxiet…
A new study published in the Journal of Experimental Political Science estimates that using LLM chatbots to persuade voters costs $48 to $75 per voter, compared to $100 for traditional methods, while …
Unsupervised use of AI chatbots may unintentionally reinforce psychiatric symptoms rather than alleviate them, according to a paper in the Journal of Psychopathology and Clinical Science by clinical p…
Stanford researchers have developed an AI chatbot called Noora that helps autistic adults improve face-to-face conversational skills, with two studies published in the Journal of Autism and Developmen…
A new analysis of brain imaging data published in the European Journal of Neuroscience reveals that LSD reduces the synchronization of local brain activity, particularly in visual and sensory regions,…
A new theoretical review in Trends in Cognitive Sciences warns that relying on artificial intelligence for mental tasks can erode specific learned skills through lack of practice, though foundational …