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• Not All Psychopathic Traits Are Equal When It Comes to Sexual Aggression

  22-12-2025 17:56 via socialpsychology.org
  Source: PsyPostA new study provides a comprehensive look at the link between psychopathy and sexual aggression. By aggregating data from over 100 separate samples, the researchers found that psychopathy is generally associated with sexually aggressive behavior, but the connection varies depending on the type of aggression and personality traits involved. These findings help clarify which aspects of the psychopathic personality are most dangerous regarding...
  
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• AI Chatbots Can Influence Some Voters to Change Their Mind

  22-12-2025 17:56 via socialpsychology.org
  Source: Canadian Broadcasting Company - Canadian NewsTalking with an AI chatbot can convince people to change their votes and could affect the outcome of future elections, according to a new study. The study, which included 1,530 Canadians, also found that the chatbots had more success convincing Canadians to switch their votes than it did with Americans. Generative AI is "more persuasive than traditional forms of political persuasion," said Cornell professor Gordon Pennycook, one of the study's
  
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• How Systemic Failures Turn U.S. State Mental Hospitals Into Prisons

  22-12-2025 17:55 via socialpsychology.org
  Source: NPRTyeesha Ferguson fears her 28-year-old son will kill or be killed. "That's what I'm trying to avoid," said Ferguson, who still calls him her baby. She remembers a boy who dressed himself in three-piece suits, donated his allowance, and graduated high school at 16 with an academic scholarship and plans to join the military or start a business. Instead, Ferguson watched as her once bright-eyed, handsome son sank into disheveled psychosis.
  
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• Global Warming Could Trigger the Next Ice Age

  22-12-2025 17:55 via socialpsychology.org
  Source: Science Daily - Top NewsScientists have uncovered a gap in Earth's carbon cycle that could cause global warming to overshoot into an ice age. As the planet warms, nutrient-rich runoff could fuel plankton growth that buries huge amounts of carbon in the ocean. In low-oxygen conditions, this process can spiral out of control, cooling Earth far beyond its original state. While this cooling won't save us from modern climate change, it may explain Earth's most extreme...
  
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• Insurer Agrees to Cover IVF Treatments for Same-Sex Couples

  22-12-2025 09:23 via socialpsychology.org
  Source: CBS News - U.S. NewsLike many young girls, Mara Berton and June Higginbotham both knew from an early age they wanted families and to become mothers. But as lesbians, they were excluded from receiving the same fertility treatment insurance benefits offered to heterosexual peers. Instead, like many other same-sex couples, they had to pay $45,000 out of pocket while heterosexual colleagues with the same insurance plan had many of those costs covered. Now, that's about...
  
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• Confusing Questionnaires Lead to Misleading Responses From Patients

  22-12-2025 09:22 via socialpsychology.org
  Source: United Press International - Health NewsEver felt your eyes glazing over as you fill out the questionnaire you've been given by a doctor's receptionist, trying to make sense of it before your appointment? You're not alone, a new study finds. Confusion over symptom questionnaires is common and likely hampers efforts to diagnose and treat physical and mental illnesses, JAMA Psychiatry reported Wednesday. The study focused on the Patient Health Questionnaire, widely used mental health...
  
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