A new survey published in AI & SOCIETY reveals that AI experts are significantly more optimistic about the future of automation than the general public, with experts perceiving lower risks and greater…
Researchers found that children whose brains appear structurally older than their chronological age at ages 9-10 are more likely to hide their emotions in early adolescence. The study, published in Tr…
A study in Cell reveals that bilingual brains use a shared neural map to represent word meanings across languages, based on recordings from individual brain cells in the hippocampus. The findings sugg…
Researchers at Aix-Marseille University and the Collège de France discovered a neural bridge between fear and physical reactions by monitoring rat hippocampus activity during fear conditioning. The st…
Scientists at Shimane University reversed autism-like symptoms in mice by repairing shortened axon initial segments in neurons of the medial prefrontal cortex. The study, published in Cell Death & Dis…
New research evaluating 18 large language models on traditional IQ tests reveals that AI programs excel at verbal reasoning but struggle with visual and numerical puzzles, highlighting gaps in fluid i…
A new study published in PNAS Nexus found that teachers are significantly more likely to accept incorrectly harsh grading decisions when they believe those decisions come from an AI system rather than…
An international consortium of researchers pooled brain imaging data from 273 adults across 11 independent datasets and found that psychedelics like psilocybin and LSD consistently increase functional…
Scientists at Mount Sinai discovered that deep brain stimulation for depression physically reshapes white matter in the brain, altering communication across neural networks. The study in Nature Neuros…
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…