Psychology & Psychiatry

Children find it easier to lie to robots

Ph.D. candidate Mariana Serras Pereira's research into misleading and deceptive behavior among children reveals that body language is very telling, and that children find it easier to lie to robots than to human beings. They ...

Psychology & Psychiatry

Study shows infants pay more attention to native speakers

Almost from the moment of birth, human beings are able to distinguish between speakers of their native language and speakers of all other languages. We have a hard-wired preference for our own language patterns, so much so ...

Psychology & Psychiatry

Does everybody hurt? AI detects depression online

A study in the International Journal of Computational Systems Engineering has introduced a new approach to identifying depression through the analysis of online comments, particularly on social media platforms, including ...

Psychology & Psychiatry

Social media can reveal who needs the most help

Language use in social media can be a useful tool for social scientists, because it reflects living conditions in areas the posts originate from.

Psychology & Psychiatry

Unlocking the secrets of adaptive parental speech

A study by researchers at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and the University of Edinburgh has revealed how parents naturally adapt their speech patterns to match the language proficiency of their children.

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