Psychology & Psychiatry
How humans' sense of 'intuitive physics' touches fictional worlds
It's not something most Harvard faculty spend much time contemplating, but Tomer Ullman likes to think about magic.
Nov 15, 2019
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Study offers insight into how people judge good from bad
New research published in the scientific journal PLOS ONE sheds light on how people decide whether behavior is moral or immoral. The findings could serve as a framework for informing the development of artificial intelligence ...
Oct 2, 2018
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Psychology & Psychiatry
New study rebuts increase in willingness to cooperate from intuitive thinking
A study that was presented in Nature last year attracted a great deal of attention when it asserted that intuition promotes cooperation. But a group of researchers in behavioral and neuroeconomics at Linköping University ...
Jun 5, 2013
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Psychology & Psychiatry
More power leads to more dehumanization, says study
(Medical Xpress)—People assigned to positions of power tend to dehumanize those in less powerful positions even when the roles are randomly assigned, according to a new study by the University of Colorado Boulder.
Mar 7, 2013
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Medical research
Chance finding reveals new control on blood vessels in developing brain
(Medical Xpress)—Zhen Huang freely admits he was not interested in blood vessels four years ago when he was studying brain development in a fetal mouse.
Jan 24, 2013
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Intuition is the secret to great acting and many other skills. Here's how to train it
The 2024 Academy Awards recognized several amazing acting performances, including Cillian Murphy's portrayal of the physicist Robert Oppenheimer, which won him the award for Best Actor. But what is it that drives such peak ...
Mar 12, 2024
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Surgery
Understanding the value of a physician's intuition when assessing risk factors for surgery
Preoperative surgeon intuition is an independent predictor of 30-day postoperative complications; however, when compared to the standard risk calculator derived from the American College of Surgeons National Surgical Quality ...
Feb 23, 2023
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Health
Mainstream news more reliable than social, alternative media for accurate health information
People may find it difficult to discern the facts about vaccines with the extensive amount of health misinformation disseminated on websites and social media.
Jan 13, 2022
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Intuitive eating during teenage years linked to better mental health and eating behaviors in adulthood
Some researchers suspect that encouraging people to practice intuitive eating, defined as consuming food based on feelings of hunger and fullness rather than following a restrictive diet, could lead to greater psychological ...
Mar 5, 2020
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Intuitive eating: A 'diet' that actually makes sense
Diets for weight loss usually involve restriction. The 5:2 diet relies on restricting calories, and the ketogenic diet relies on restricting particular types of food.
Apr 4, 2019
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