Depression and Social Standing May Not Dictate How We Punish Unfairness, Meta-Analysis Finds
A new systematic review and meta-analysis of eighteen studies finds that neither depression nor socioeconomic status reliably changes how people ...
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Cancer Patients Follow Four Distinct Paths When Seeking Information, Study Finds
A survey of 205 Israeli cancer patients identified four distinct information-seeking archetypes, with religiosity the strongest differentiator and generative AI ...
Brain Stimulation Technique Shifts the Willingness to Think Hard
Researchers report that temporal interference stimulation, a non-invasive technique capable of reaching deep brain circuits, can change how willing people ...
Why Kindergarten Teachers Put Off Decisions: New Study Reveals Four Key Triggers
A new qualitative study of 46 kindergarten teachers identifies task complexity, low self-efficacy, uncertainty anxiety, and fear of regret as ...
Head-Fixed Mice Learn to Self-Administer Drugs, Opening a New Window on Addiction
A new Nature Protocols article details how to combine head fixation with intravenous drug self-administration in mice, uniting voluntary drug-taking ...
When the Brain Doesn’t Know Which Task to Do, Interference Clouds Perception
A combined monkey, human, and neural network study reveals that feature interference in the visual cortex explains why uncertain tasks ...
Immature Working Memory Drives Children’s Broad Exploration, Review Finds
A new review argues that children's distractibility stems from immature working memory and serves as a powerful learning strategy.
Depression Slows Learning While Anxiety Speeds It, Study Finds
Researchers at Peking University found that depression traits slow reinforcement learning rates while anxiety traits speed them up, revealing distinct ...
Indonesian Forecasters Confront Fixed Heat Thresholds and Trust Their Memories to Warn of Extreme Heat
A survey of 140 Indonesian operational meteorologists reveals that ambiguous heat thresholds and reliance on station data undermine warnings, while ...
Who Has to Prove What When AI Beats Us at Our Own Game?
Researchers argue that when AI demonstrably outperforms humans by our own standards, the burden of proof shifts to those insisting ...
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Mothers who receive childcare support from maternal grandparents show more parental warmth, finds NTU Singapore study
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University of Seville Breaks 120-Year-Old Mystery, Revises a Key Einstein Concept
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Bee body mass, pathogens and local climate influence heat tolerance
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Researchers record first-ever images and data of a shark experiencing a boat strike
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Groundbreaking Clinical Trial Reveals Lubiprostone Enhances Kidney Function
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