A survey of over 1,500 Americans found that labeling political messages as AI-generated did not reduce their persuasiveness, even though most participants believed the labels. The study, published in …
New research published in PNAS Nexus reveals that advanced AI models like GPT-4o and Claude 3.5 Sonnet suffer a near-total collapse on the Stroop test, a classic psychology task measuring conflict res…
A study found that positive face-to-face conversations between mothers and children temporarily align their neural activity even after the interaction ends, suggesting everyday social experiences may …
A new study in Computers in Human Behavior finds that humans distrust AI lie-detection systems more when the AI is highly confident in accusing someone of deception, and this distrust reduces overall …
AI voice clones are up to 20% more intelligible than real human voices in noisy environments, according to a study published in The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America. Researchers at Univers…
Scientists at Harvard Medical School discovered that the stress hormone cortisol helps lock in early neural connections by signaling astrocytes to close critical periods of brain plasticity. The study…
A study published in Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience found that lonely individuals perceive themselves as less empathic, but Loving Kindness Meditation did not increase empathy despite red…
A new survey by the American Psychological Association finds that 77% of psychologists report patients using AI chatbots for mental health support, raising concerns about a 'sycophancy trap' where agr…
Neuroscientists in Italy discovered that autobiographical memories are organized in the brain by temporal distance, with the right hippocampus encoding event identity and temporal distance, while fron…
A brain imaging study found that experienced psychedelic users process threatening facial expressions more efficiently than nonusers, with faster and more accurate recognition of angry faces. The rese…
Researchers at Hiroshima University and Nagoya University developed a machine learning tool called SPERRFY that decoded how gene activity patterns guide neural wiring across the mouse brain. The study…
A study published in the Journal of Writing Research found that college students given permission to use AI in writing classes primarily used it for brainstorming and research, not for generating enti…
A study published in The Journal of Psychology found that personality traits, particularly conscientiousness, influence how often people use generative AI models like ChatGPT. Researchers at Shanghai …
Researchers at Beijing Normal University found that brain wave patterns measured at age nine can predict anxiety or depression in teenage years, based on a seven-year study of 64 children published in…
Scientists have found that genetic risk scores for ADHD directly predict irregular timing in brain waves responsible for focus and goal-directed behavior. The study, published in Translational Psychia…
Scientists at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai mapped the brain's energy landscape in people with major depressive disorder, finding that altered white matter pathways trap the brain in mal…
A new study published in *PNAS* found that large language models can be tricked into bypassing their safety guardrails using classic human psychological persuasion techniques, such as appeals to autho…
A new study published in the Journal of Writing Research found that artificial intelligence language models can reliably rewrite business documents only when given highly specific instructions, and wi…
Researchers at the University of Heidelberg found that dark triad personality traits—narcissism, Machiavellianism, and psychopathy—are linked to distinct physical differences in brain regions associat…
Researchers have identified three distinct types of addiction to AI chatbots, according to a study published in the 2026 Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems. The University of British Col…