progscrape: psychology

Five minute training on common computer rendering mistakes significantly enhances ability to detect AI-created fake faces, with accuracy improving from 31% to 51% for average participants

45 days ago reading.ac.uk psychology

Reducing social media use for just one week improved mental health

32 days ago jamanetwork.com media psychology

Learning with AI falls short compared to old-fashioned web search

27 days ago theconversation.com ai psychology web

Misconceptions about the effects of mRNA vaccination has led to a study on how to combat unfounded mRNA vaccine fears

31 days ago annenbergpublicpolicycenter.org mrna psychology vaccine

Personalized algorithms lead to a distorted view of reality when learning new information, a new study finds

33 days ago news.osu.edu algorithm psychology

When Prophecy Fails, the case study that helped launch cognitive dissonance theory, was misrepresented

46 days ago onlinelibrary.wiley.com psychology

A single 30-minute session of physical activity can produce immediate antidepressant effects in both humans and mice, involving a hormone released by fat cells that alters brain plasticity to improve mood

34 days ago psypost.org brain psychology release

Women can read age, adiposity (body fat) and testosterone level from a man’s face

50 days ago psypost.org psychology

'Super recognisers' - people with extraordinary face recognition abilities - do not see more detail in faces, instead, they naturally look at the parts of a face that carry the best information for identifying faces

53 days ago unsw.edu.au psychology

A woman’s choice of words for her genitals is tied to her sexual well-being, study finds

54 days ago psypost.org psychology