progscrape: psychology

Belief in misinformation and conspiracy theories is often based on experience and not just cognitive errors, as evidenced by the fact that the flat earth theory is popular but not the cone-shaped earth theory

42 days ago theconversation.com earth psychology

Autistic employees are less susceptible to the Dunning-Kruger effect. Autistic participants estimated their own performance in a task more accurately

33 days ago psypost.org autism psychology

Being Santa Claus is a year-round calling | Exploring Role Prototypicality within Calling Enactment among Professional Santas

20 days ago arstechnica.com psychology

Autistic individuals are more prosocial towards strangers and people they barely know compared to their non-autistic peers

43 days ago psypost.org autism psychology

Impaired executive function is associated with TikTok use and explained by problematic usage patterns reinforced by short-form formats

26 days ago mdpi.com psychology tiktok

Reciprocity drives support for climate action—citizens in China, India, Japan and the United States were more willing to back ambitious climate policies when they believed other countries were making substantial efforts of their own…

33 days ago journals.plos.org china japan psychology

Lyrics in songs do far more than simply provide a narrative for a melody; they may actively shape the thoughts, feelings, and actions of listeners

16 days ago psypost.org psychology

Outsourcing to AI may lead to negative character evaluations

17 days ago sciencedirect.com ai psychology

Shopping for goods or services that you will share is significantly more stressful than shopping for yourself or for something to be given to another person, because “You feel more responsible and you feel less confident about your ability to do a good job with it”

41 days ago news.ucr.edu psychology

Small changes to ‘for you’ feed on X can rapidly increase political polarisation

47 days ago theguardian.com psychology