3+ hour, 25+ min ago  (828+ words) A recent study published in JAMA Network Open provides evidence that interacting with a conversational artificial intelligence program can help reduce symptoms of anxiety and depression while boosting overall well-being. The findings suggest that these digital platforms can form a…...

21+ hour, 15+ min ago  (1164+ words) Artificial intelligence can be used to generate deceptive videos that damage a politician's reputation, even when viewers suspect the footage is fake. A new study published in Communication Research found that these manipulated clips decrease support for targeted candidates. Standard…...

2+ day, 7+ hour ago  (405+ words) A 12-month longitudinal study of adults from four English-speaking countries found that being lonely may spur people to seek companionship through chatbots. However, such use may, over time, exacerbate feelings of loneliness. The paper was published in Psychological Science. Furthermore,…...

3+ day, 5+ hour ago  (314+ words) Virtual "girlfriend experience" platforms may be booming because they give people easy, customizable access to intimacy in ways that speak to some of our deepest psychological drives for connection, attraction, and control. This is the argument at the heart of…...

6+ day, 1+ hour ago  (1129+ words) Since the late twentieth century, psychologists have generally divided human cognition into two distinct categories. System 1 represents immediate, automatic responses driven by instinct and emotion. System 2 involves the deliberate, effortful reflection required to solve complex mathematical equations or weigh difficult…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago  (509+ words) Playing and gaming are universal human activities, but they differ in important ways. Playing involves spontaneous activities without specific goals, which is common in human infants and many animals. Gaming consists of trying to overcome rule-bounded challenges, often involving competition…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago  (1118+ words) As conversational software becomes more mainstream, users increasingly treat the tools like digital therapists or advisors. Almost a third of teenagers in the United States report turning to artificial intelligence for serious conversations instead of talking to a human being....

1+ week, 4+ day ago  (11+ words) Repeated doses of psilocybin show promise for treating obsessive-compulsive disorder'Psy Post...

1+ week, 4+ day ago  (551+ words) Specifically, if you pair a highly memorable face with a piece of information, like a name, will that name automatically become easier to remember?" To explore this, the researchers conducted twelve separate online experiments with undergraduate students from Binghamton University....

1+ week, 4+ day ago  (1185+ words) The direction a computer-generated character looks can dictate whether their facial expressions seem like genuine emotional responses to human observers. Direct eye contact makes simulated smiles and angry glares look more authentic, while looking downwards makes a digital face expressing…...