progscrape: psychology

A new pilot study suggests MDMA-assisted therapy may offer durable relief for major depressive disorder, with many patients maintaining reduced symptoms and improved daily functioning months after treatment in a controlled hospital setting, while underscoring the need for larger controlled trial.

13 days ago sciencedirect.com psychology trial

Psilocybin may reduce depressive symptoms in cancer patients, with mixed effects on anxiety and time-dependent improvements in spiritual well-being and quality of life.

27 days ago link.springer.com cancer psilocybin psychology

A research showed engagement with social media, online shopping, entertainment, and gaming is positively linked to higher stress levels, while productivity-related activities, news consumption, and adult content use are negatively associated with stress.

23 days ago jmir.org media psychology

The Psychology of Bad Code

27 days ago shehackspurple.ca

Social networking agency and prosociality are inextricably linked in economic games

20 days ago doi.org economic game networking psychology

Moltbook is a bad takeoff scenario where human psychology itself is the exploit

3 days ago twitter.com

The way people judge a woman’s physical attractiveness differs from how they judge her personality traits

41 days ago psypost.org psychology

Mismatched desires for physical contact can negatively affect romantic partners

36 days ago psypost.org psychology

Young adults experience high loneliness despite having large friend networks

35 days ago psypost.org psychology

New findings indicate that speakers who use “ums,” “ahs,” and corrections are consistently rated as less knowledgeable than those who speak fluently

37 days ago psypost.org psychology