Is It Still "Social Media" If It's Overrun by Artificial Intelligence?
Wednesday, January 8, 2025
Source: Canadian Broadcasting Company - World News Back in 2010, a 26-year-old Mark Zuckerberg shared his vision for Facebook: "The primary thing that we focus on all day long is how to help people share and stay connected with their friends, family and the people in the community," Zuc... .. read more..
U.S. Accuses One Side in Sudan's Vicious Civil War of Genocide
Wednesday, January 8, 2025
Source: CBS News - World News The U.S. has determined that genocide has been committed by the Rapid Support Forces paramilitary and its allied militias in Sudan, Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Tuesday. The RSF and its allies are one side in a vicious civil war that has claimed tens of tho... .. read more..
Caregivers Face Rising Physical and Mental Health Risks, Study Finds
Wednesday, January 8, 2025
Source: United Press International - Health News More and more adults are stuck in the middle of their families, caring not only for their kids but for aging parents and other older family members. The mental and physical health of these "sandwich carers" is more likely to deteriorate o... .. read more..
Study finds implanting false memories harder than court claims suggest
Tuesday, January 7, 2025
False memories are much harder to implant than previously claimed by memory researchers and expert witnesses in criminal trials, finds a new study led by researchers at UCL and Royal Holloway, University of London. .. read more..
Understanding accelerated reproductive aging and mental well-being in females
Tuesday, January 7, 2025
New research from the University of Liverpool illustrates how accelerated reproductive aging in females (e.g., early puberty or early menopause) is linked to experiences of mental health challenges. .. read more..
Risk of domestic abuse increases over time for those exposed to childhood mal...
Monday, January 6, 2025
The risk of experiencing intimate partner violence may accumulate over time among people who experienced childhood maltreatment when they were younger, finds a new study led by UCL researchers. .. read more..
Snap judgments: How first impressions of faces shape inferences of mental states
Monday, January 6, 2025
When we first meet another person, we typically form an initial impression of them based on their facial features and appearance. These first impressions of others could potentially influence our subsequent cognitive processes, such as what mental states we believe that the people we meet are exp... .. read more..
Pentagon Agrees to Historic Legal Settlement with LGBTQ+ Veterans
Monday, January 6, 2025
Source: CBS News - U.S. News The Pentagon has reached a historic legal settlement with more than 35,000 gay and lesbian military veterans who were dismissed because of their sexual orientation, and in many cases denied an honorable discharge and various services they had earned, CBS News has lear... .. read more..
Psychology Research Collaborations Becoming More Global
Monday, January 6, 2025
Source: APA Monitor Psychological science is going global, seeking larger, more representative samples and tackling issues that go beyond WEIRD nations (Western, educated, industrialized, rich, and democratic). Technology is one factor enabling global collaborations, but equally important is a sh... .. read more..
Older Parents, Climate Change and AI: Say Hello to Generation Beta
Monday, January 6, 2025
Source: Canadian Broadcasting Company - Top Stories News Baby Boomers grew up in a wealthy post-war world, whereas Generation Z was raised with an iPhone in hand. More recently, Generation Alpha spent their childhood knowing the face masks and work-from-home lifestyle of the COVID-19 pandemic. In... .. read more..
Psychology Leaders Seeking to Modernize the Profession
Monday, January 6, 2025
Source: APA Monitor Though psychology has historically been a doctoral-level field, APA's elected and appointed leaders are creating a blueprint to become a multitiered profession that embraces the training of master's-level psychology professionals who can help meet an unprecedented demand for m... .. read more..
How Artificial Intelligence Is Impacting the Field of Psychology
Friday, January 3, 2025
Source: APA Monitor As artificial intelligence is driving what some call the fourth industrial revolution, its power and potential have wrought excitement and fear across nearly every sector of society, from finance to education to psychology. In response, psychologists have begun developing, tes... .. read more..
Psychological Tips From Conflict Zones to Deal With Incivility
Friday, January 3, 2025
Source: APA Monitor Incivility is surging across the United States, seeping into workplaces and online spaces. Researchers who focus on psychology within conflict zones and fractured societies have science-backed methods to help challenge misconceptions, focus on shared values, and increase socia... .. read more..
Study Suggests That Sleep Prevents Unwanted Memories From Intruding
Friday, January 3, 2025
Source: Science Daily - Top Health Sleep problems play an important role in the onset and maintenance of many mental health problems, but the reason for this link has been elusive. A new study, published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, offers fresh insight into the cognitive a... .. read more..
Instructors Are Adapting to the Use of Artificial Intelligence
Friday, January 3, 2025
Source: APA Monitor Generative artificial intelligence promises to touch nearly every part of our lives, and education is one of the first sectors grappling with this fast-moving technology. Even though AI has been used in classrooms for years—quietly powering learning management tools such... .. read more..
New insights into uncontrollable movements in Parkinson's disease patients
Friday, January 3, 2025
University of Arizona researchers have revealed new insights into one of the most common complications faced by Parkinson's disease patients: uncontrollable movements that develop after years of treatment. .. read more..
AI system helps doctors identify patients at risk for suicide
Friday, January 3, 2025
A new study from Vanderbilt University Medical Center shows that clinical alerts driven by artificial intelligence (AI) can help doctors identify patients at risk for suicide, potentially improving prevention efforts in routine medical settings. .. read more..
NIH researchers discover novel class of anti-malaria antibodies
Friday, January 3, 2025
New antibodies could lead to next generation of interventions against malaria. .. read more..
Using AI to Understand What Animals Are Saying to Each Other
Friday, January 3, 2025
Source: Google News - Health Researchers are building an AI system they hope will allow humans to understand the many languages that animals use to communicate with one another. Knowing what animals are saying could not only aid human knowledge of the world but might provide a compelling case for... .. read more..
Too Few Women or Too Many Men? Framing Makes a Difference
Thursday, January 2, 2025
Source: Science Daily - Top Society To many people, Vice President Kamala Harris's loss in the 2024 presidential election highlighted the under-representation of women in leadership positions. A new study has found, however, that framing the gender gap as "men's overrepresentation"&mdas... .. read more..