Psychology

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A clinical psychologist warns of the powerful delusions induced by AI chatbots, but thinks "psychosis" doesn't quite describe what's going on.
Artificial Intelligence

Psychologist Says AI Is Causing Never-Before-Seen Types of Mental Disorder

By Frank Landymore

It's no surprise that our partners judge us for our "body count" — but maybe not as much as we previously thought.
Studies

Scientists Just Figured Out Exactly How People Judge Your Body Count

By Noor Al-Sibai

AI-generated adult content is already becoming a huge problem for some men — and they're imploring others to avoid it at all costs.
Artificial Intelligence

Gooners Say Their Brains Are Becoming Hopelessly Hijacked by AI Smut

By Noor Al-Sibai

Ingenious researchers have developed a virtual reality program that puts domestic abusers in the position of their victims.
Virtual Reality

New VR Program Gives Domestic Abusers a Taste of Their Own Medicine

By Noor Al-Sibai

While we're not quite living in "The Matrix," experiences similar to the film's slowed-down "bullet time" do seem to exist in real life.
Health & Medicine

Humans Can Access Something Akin to “Bullet Time,” Scientist Says

By Noor Al-Sibai

In a new study, researchers have found a correlation between adults' faces and names — but strangely, the same could not be said of children.
Studies

Your Facial Features Gradually Change to Go With Your Name, Researchers Find

By Noor Al-Sibai

The scientists pulled this karaoke stunt to embarrass their participants, and ultimately, to understand why we blush.
Neuroscience and Brain

Devious Scientists Scan People’s Brains While They Watch Video of Themselves Singing Karaoke

By Frank Landymore

Researchers have found that people who moved a lot in their childhood and early teen years are more likely to be depressed as adults.
Mental Health

If Your Family Moved a Lot as a Kid, We Have Bad News About Your Mental Health

By Noor Al-Sibai

A study says children as young as two years old who consume excessive amounts of digital media technology are more emotionally troubled.
Studies

iPad Use by Kids Linked to Long Term Emotional Problems

By Sharon Adarlo

A sociologist at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology is studying the artificial intimacy afforded to humans by AI girlfriends.
Artificial Intelligence

Researcher Studying Married Men With AI Girlfriends

By Noor Al-Sibai

Researchers in Mexico have concluded in a paper how sleep deprivation reduces people's attention span and their ability to respond quickly.
Sleep

Scientists Discover That When You Don’t Sleep, You Turn Into a Bigtime Dumbass

By Sharon Adarlo

Smile! Crinkle your nose! Waggle your eyebrows! According to this team of researchers, people might just find you more likeable.
Studies

There’s an Easy Thing You Can Do With Your Face That’ll Make People Like You More

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

A new paper suggests that people find images they thought were real much more arousing than those they thought were AI-generated
Studies

Something Fascinating Happens When You Look At AI-Generated Lewds, Researchers Find

By Noor Al-Sibai

In a new study, researchers from the University of Utah took an analytical look at the theory of nominative determinism.
Studies

Study Finds Fascinating Link Between First Letter of Your First Name and the Trajectory of Your Life

By Noor Al-Sibai

Hate hearing a recording of your own speaking voice? Try listening to a recording of yourself singing karaoke without backing music.
Studies

Demon Scientists Expose Subjects to Recordings of Themselves Singing Karaoke

By Noor Al-Sibai

Conspiracy theorists are, by and large, loners — but a new study shows that there may be an inverse effect going on there, too.
Studies

Study: Mid-Life Conspiracy Theorists Are Indeed Lonely Weirdos

By Noor Al-Sibai