Selfish and prosocial individuals both distort their actions’ impact, but selfish distortions can be more contagious
Selfish and prosocial individuals distort social outcomes in predictably different waysTo capture the fundamenta...
Intrinsic rewards guide visual resource allocation via reinforcement learning
ApparatusIn the online experiments, tasks were presented via web browsers on observers’ personal computers and ...
Brain scans reveal which disorders are linked to faster brain aging
People with dementia, mild cognitive impairment, alcohol addiction, and psychiatric conditions such as schizophrenia may show signs of ...
Children at risk for depression get “stuck” on sad faces
A smile or a frown may reveal more than emotion alone. The faces that capture a child's attention could provide important clues about t...
Creatine may help build muscle even without exercise, researchers find
Creatine is widely known for helping support muscle growth and athletic performance, but researchers are increasingly examining whether...
Cannabis users were twice as likely to commit violence, review finds
A large review led by researchers at King's College London has found that people who use cannabis are more likely both to commit violen...
Introducing AI to an online petition platform changed outputs but not outcomes
Noy, S. & Zhang, W. Experimental evidence on the productivity effects of generative artificial intelligence. Science 381...
Scientists found a surprising driver of Alzheimer’s outside the brain
Immune cells that usually defend the body by attacking infected or foreign cells appear in unusually high numbers in the brains of peop...
Resetting the body clock could help the brain recover after stroke
Scientists at the University of Rochester Medicine have found that strengthening the body's natural daily rhythms to improve sleep may ...
Scientists just discovered what coffee really does to your gut and brain
Coffee may affect far more than alertness. New research suggests that both regular and decaffeinated coffee can alter the gut microbiom...