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• Confronting One Form of Prejudice May Reduce Others

  29-06-2020 08:51 via feeds.socialpsychology.org
  
  Source: Psych CentralA new study suggests that when white people are confronted after expressing a bias about African Americans, they are less likely to display biases toward women. Likewise, when men are confronted after using a stereotype about women, they are less likely to show biases toward ethnic and racial minorities.
  
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• ‘Money pervades everything’: the psychotherapist delving into our deep anxiety about finances

  12-05-2024 13:00 via theguardian.com
  
  Do you find it hard to budget or, conversely, difficult to spend? Vicky Reynal reveals what our financial choices reveal about our psyches – and what can be done to ease our money worriesI am a generous tipper. I’ve always thought, to the extent that I have thought about it at all, that this is a positive trait. Recently, however, I’ve begun to wonder. Is it normal to feel a deep sense of anxiety after ordering a takeaway pizza, then realising there is no change in the house? D
  
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• The rage epidemic: is our modern world fuelling aggression?

  12-05-2024 12:00 via theguardian.com
  
  After the video of Peter Abbott screaming road-rage abuse through a car window went viral, we ask what’s behind the fury so many feel – and expressLast week a video showing 60-year-old Peter Abbott screaming abuse at TV producer Samantha Isaacs gained a viral audience, after Abbott was found guilty at Poole magistrates court of “using threatening words or behaviour to cause alarm, distress or fear of violence”.In the phone-filmed video, Abbott is seen snarling and shoutin
  
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• I’m worried my new partner won’t love who I really am | Ask Philippa

  12-05-2024 07:00 via theguardian.com
  
  Try to steer your focus to what you want rather than what you think you should beThe question At 36, I find myself in a stable phase of life, contrasting my earlier years of nomadic renting and dead-end jobs as an artist, a passion I’ve abandoned. My dog is my sole source of joy, yet even that pleasure feels dulled lately. I struggle to feel real or connected, lacking focus and interest. Despite overcoming anorexia and surviving a long, violent relationship, I still battle the emotional bl
  
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• I’m worried my new partner won’t love who I really am

  12-05-2024 07:00 via theguardian.com
  
  Try to steer your focus to what you want rather than what you think you should beThe question At 36, I find myself in a stable phase of life, contrasting my earlier years of nomadic renting and dead-end jobs as an artist, a passion I’ve abandoned. My dog is my sole source of joy, yet even that pleasure feels dulled lately. I struggle to feel real or connected, lacking focus and interest. Despite overcoming anorexia and surviving a long, violent relationship, I still battle the emotional bl
  
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• Scientists Unveil Most Detailed Map of the Human Brain Ever Created

  11-05-2024 19:11 via socialpsychology.org
  Source: Google News - HealthOver the past decade, Harvard researchers have been feeding a 1-cubic-millimeter piece of human brain into a $6 million device that slices it into impossibly thin slivers. Then, using images of those slivers taken by electron microscopy, they have painstakingly created the most-detailed digital map, or "connectome," of the human brain ever created. On Thursday, the results were published in the prestigious journal Science.
  
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• How a 1973 Missouri Law Makes It Hard for Pregnant Women to Divorce

  11-05-2024 19:11 via socialpsychology.org
  Source: Canadian Broadcasting Company - Top Stories NewsIf a pregnant woman in Missouri tries to file for divorce today, she will probably be told by her attorney to "come back when she's not pregnant," says Democratic lawmaker Ashley Aune, who is fighting to remove a 1973 law that forces women to disclose their pregnancy status while filing for divorce—something advocates say is harming women experiencing domestic violence. "If you can keep a woman pregnant, you can keep her married," exp
  
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• AI Knowledge Gets Your Foot in the Door, Study Finds

  11-05-2024 19:11 via socialpsychology.org
  Source: Science Daily - Top SocietyEmployers are more likely to offer job interviews and higher salaries to graduates with knowledge of artificial intelligence, according to a study in the journal Oxford Economic Papers. Researchers sent thousands of job applications—some reporting completion of an "AI in Business" module and others not—to hundreds of UK companies. More than 50% of those with AI knowledge were invited for an interview, compared with approximately 30% of those...
  
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• AI Deadbots Spur Call for Safeguards to Prevent Unwanted "Hauntings"

  11-05-2024 19:11 via socialpsychology.org
  Source: Science Daily - Top Society"Deadbots" or "Griefbots" are AI chatbots that simulate the language patterns and personality traits of the dead using the digital footprints they leave behind. Some companies are already offering these services. Yet experts warn that without design safety standards, artificial intelligence that allows users to hold text and voice conversations with lost loved ones runs the risk of causing psychological harm and even digitally "haunting" those...
  
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• Eating Disorders Common in People with Type 1 Diabetes

  11-05-2024 17:52 via socialpsychology.org
  Source: U.S. News and World ReportOne in every four people age 16 or older with type 1 diabetes may be struggling with an eating disorder, a new review of data on the subject finds. Type 1 diabetes is an autoimmune disorder in which the body attacks its own insulin-producing cells in the pancreas, making a person reliant on injected insulin. The study, based on data from 45 studies involving nearly 11,600 people, was published in the April issue of Eating Disorders.
  
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• AI Systems Are Already Skilled at Deceiving and Manipulating Humans

  11-05-2024 17:52 via socialpsychology.org
  Source: Science Daily - Top SocietyMany artificial intelligence (AI) systems have already learned how to deceive humans, even systems that have been trained to be helpful and honest. In a review article publishing in the journal Patterns on May 10, researchers describe the risks of deception by AI systems and call for governments to develop strong regulations to address this issue as soon as possible.
  
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• Tiktok to Automatically Label AI Content Made Outside the Platform

  11-05-2024 16:54 via socialpsychology.org
  Source: United Press International - Health NewsTikTok launched a program to automatically label content created with artificial intelligence that is generated outside of the platform. In a statement Thursday, TikTok said it was expanding automatic labeling, already in place for content created with its own AI tools. "AI enables incredible creative opportunities," the company said, "but can confuse or mislead viewers if they don't know the content was AI-generated. Labeling helps make that...
  
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• The First National Summit to End Stigma Around Mental Health and Substance Use Disorders: June 24-26, 2024

  10-05-2024 18:55 via pr.com
  
  Taking place at the Grand America Hotel in Salt Lake City, Utah, this three-day event will focus on research, program initiatives, metrics, policies and case studies that address stigma in rural communities, children, youth and families, the media and news, the criminal justice system, faith-based communities, the workplace, marginalized communities, and underserved populations. [PR.com]
  
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• How can we explain conspiracy theorists? We have some theories | Letters

  10-05-2024 17:59 via theguardian.com
  
  George Monbiot’s conversation with Jason Liosatos got Patrick Cosgrove and Alison Carter thinkingLike George Monbiot, I am puzzled by the contradiction of likeable, otherwise rational people who promote conspiracy fantasies (‘You’re going to call me a Holocaust denier now, are you?’: George Monbiot comes face to face with his local conspiracy theorist, 4 May). George’s explanation that they lack rigour in trying to make sense of the world is a good one, but on its o
  
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• Biden Says U.S. Won't Supply Arms for Israel to Attack Rafah

  10-05-2024 08:53 via socialpsychology.org
  Source: Google NewsPresident Joe Biden said Wednesday that he would not supply offensive weapons that Israel could use in an all-out assault on Rafah—the last major Hamas stronghold in Gaza—over concern for the well-being of the more than 1 million civilians sheltering there. Biden affirmed that the U.S. was still committed to Israel's defense, but warned that if Israel goes into Rafah, "we're not going to supply the weapons and artillery shells used."
  
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• Liberals and Conservatives Are United on Taking Climate Action

  10-05-2024 07:59 via socialpsychology.org
  Source: Science Daily - Top SocietyThe division between liberals and conservatives on both climate-change beliefs and related policy support is long-standing. However, the results of a newly released global experiment show that despite these differences, the two camps actually align when it comes to taking certain actions to combat climate change. The findings, based on an experiment involving 50,000 participants across 60 countries, appear in the journal Nature Communications.
  
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• If you live to 100, you might as well be happy: what poverty, jail and war have taught author Rhee Kun Hoo

  09-05-2024 11:00 via theguardian.com
  
  Joy is all around us, according to the bestselling South Korean author. Here’s what he has learned from a long and often hard lifeIn nearly 90 years, Rhee Kun Hoo has learned a lot about surviving and thriving. The South Korean psychiatrist turned writer lived through typhoid, war, family bankruptcy and poverty before he was into his teens. In his 20s he was jailed for his role in pro-democracy protests. Throughout his medical career, he helped transform South Korea’s treatment of me
  
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• Only child syndrome is a myth

  07-05-2024 16:45 via yahoo.com
  
  There is no reliable scientific evidence that being an only child significantly affects personality, behavior, or well-being.
  
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• Dementia cases are on the rise — avoid these 12 risks to keep your brain healthy

  07-05-2024 16:45 via cnbc.com
  
  Although there is no cure for the condition, psychologists and researchers are working to prevent its onset.
  
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• With Help From AI, Country Musician Randy Travis Gets His Voice Back

  06-05-2024 15:09 via socialpsychology.org
  Source: U.S. News and World ReportWith help from artificial intelligence, Country Music Hall of Famer Randy Travis has his voice back. In 2013, Travis was hospitalized with viral cardiomyopathy—a virus that attacks the heart—and later suffered a stroke, which limits his ability to speak. It's why he hasn't released new music in over a decade, until now. With his consent, Warner Music Nashville has used AI to build a model of his voice in a new song, "Where That Came From,"...
  
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• Miss USA Suddenly Resigns, Urges People to Prioritize Mental Health

  06-05-2024 15:09 via socialpsychology.org
  Source: CBS News - U.S. NewsNoelia Voigt, who was crowned Miss USA in 2023, unexpectedly stepped down Monday and posted a message to social media urging people to prioritize their mental health. In an Instagram post, the former Miss Utah USA said it was a tough decision, but that she strongly values "making decisions that feel best for you and your mental health." Her announcement was confirmed by the pageant, which thanked Voight for her service and wished her the best.
  
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• Methodists End 50-Year Battle by Removing Anti-Gay Bans

  06-05-2024 15:06 via socialpsychology.org
  Source: U.S. News and World ReportWhen the United Methodist Church removed anti-gay language from its official rules last week, it marked the end of a half-century of debates over LGBTQ inclusion in America's mainline Protestant denominations. The nation's largest Methodist, Presbyterian, Episcopal, and Lutheran denominations have all now removed barriers to LGBTQ participation in the pulpit and at the altar. But this comes amid long-term declines in membership and influence.
  
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• AI Evangelist Who Helped Trump Win in 2016 Using Facebook Is Back

  06-05-2024 15:05 via socialpsychology.org
  Source: ABC News - PoliticsDonald Trump's former campaign manager says voters are about to witness a bold new era of "amazing new technology in artificial intelligence." Brad Parscale, the digital campaign operative who helped engineer Trump's 2016 presidential victory, vows that his new, AI-powered platform will dramatically overhaul not just polling but campaigning, outperforming big tech companies and ushering in a wave of conservative victories worldwide. Is he right?
  
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• CRISPR Trial Provides Hope for Inherited Blindness

  06-05-2024 13:56 via socialpsychology.org
  Source: Google News - HealthA groundbreaking clinical trial demonstrated the safety and efficacy of CRISPR gene editing in treating inherited blindness. The study, published May 6 in The New England Journal of Medicine, marks the first instance of CRISPR being administered directly inside the body. In the research, 14 participants received a single injection of the CRISPR/Cas9-based medicine, EDIT-101, which showed measurable improvements in 11 participants' vision.
  
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• We all want to cut out the bad parts of ourselves. It won’t work, and it won’t make us happier

  06-05-2024 11:00 via theguardian.com
  
  Trauma, vulnerability, dependency … like it or not, we can’t just wish them away
  When I was a little girl, I cried a lot. I used to wish ferociously that I was not such a crybaby. I remember the shame so well. Sitting on my bed on a Sunday evening, hot-cheeked and furious with my tears, holding on to the thought that when I was a grownup, I would never cry. I would be a strong, confident and capable woman, and I would never again feel like a sobbing little girl who doesn’t wan
  
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• Being diagnosed with dyslexia has made me happier

  05-05-2024 16:00 via theguardian.com
  
  Throughout her life, Danyah Miller developed coping mechanisms to help deal with certain challenges. Would she have thrived if she had known about dyslexia, or would a label have limited her? Discovering that I have dyslexia, and most probably dyscalculia, later in my life has raised many questions for me, not least whether a childhood diagnosis would have changed the trajectory of my life, both personally and professionally.Over the years I’d suspected that I might be dyslexic. I also tho
  
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• I have no children and have started to fear for my legacy. What can I do? | Ask Philippa

  05-05-2024 07:00 via theguardian.com
  
  Legacy can be found in the lives you touch and your impact on othersThe question I am a 54-year-old woman with a good career and a stable marriage. I live across the globe from my parents, my siblings and their kids and I am child-free. I have reduced contact with them to brief and polite birthday and Christmas messages, which they respond to, but we have no relationship or ongoing contact as such. It is close to estrangement, and I have no desire to try to repair this. I am child-free because I
  
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• I have no children and have started to fear for my legacy. What can I do?

  05-05-2024 07:00 via theguardian.com
  
  Legacy can be found in the lives you touch and your impact on othersThe question I am a 54-year-old woman with a good career and a stable marriage. I live across the globe from my parents, my siblings and their kids and I am child-free. I have reduced contact with them to brief and polite birthday and Christmas messages, which they respond to, but we have no relationship or ongoing contact as such. It is close to estrangement, and I have no desire to try to repair this. I am child-free because I
  
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• After 2,000 Student Arrests, Some U.S. Schools Willing to Discuss Divestment

  04-05-2024 12:29 via socialpsychology.org
  Source: Google News - HealthAnti-war demonstrations ceased this week at a small number of U.S. universities after school leaders struck deals with pro-Palestinian protesters to avoid disruptions of final exams and graduation ceremonies. The agreements at schools including Brown, Northwestern, and Rutgers stand in contrast to scenes of chaos and 2,400-plus arrests on 46 campuses nationwide since April 17.
  
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• Arkansas Will Ignore Federal Rules on Trans Students, Says Governor

  04-05-2024 12:21 via socialpsychology.org
  Source: ABC News - PoliticsArkansas Governor Sarah Huckabee Sanders declared Thursday that the state won't comply with a federal rule protecting the rights of transgender students in the nation's schools, joining other Republican-led states doing the same. Sanders signed an executive order stating that Arkansas schools will continue to restrict which bathrooms and pronouns transgender students can use—laws that could be invalidated by new regulations on how to enforce...
  
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