Latest

media

·May 2, 2024·4 min read

How Shows About Death Help Us Cope With Mortality

Exposure to death through media, such as films and series, can enhance one's ability to cope with the concept of death. Participants who were prompted to think about death before watching meaningful scenes from films like Me Before You or series such as House and Grey's Anatomy, showed a greater acceptance of death compared to those who did not engage in pre-viewing reflection.

This shows a cartoon of two politicians.

Featured Neuroscience Psychology

·August 28, 2023·5 min read

Echo Chambers Amplified: How CNN and Fox News Fuel America’s Polarization

Researchers utilized AI and natural language processing to analyze 10 years of broadcasts and tweets from CNN and Fox News, revealing a surge in partisan and inflammatory language. The study shows that the media language influences public debates on social media, creating divisive echo chambers.

Featured Neuroscience Psychology

·June 12, 2022·5 min read

Does Media Exposure Influence an Individual’s Risk of Radicalization?

Exposure to radicalized content online, both active and passive, was associated with a more meaningful relationship with radicalization.

This shows a person looking at a computer tablet with fake news written on it

Featured Psychology

·June 3, 2021·5 min read

Who’s More Susceptible to Believing Falsehoods?

Study reveals conservatives are less able to distinguish political truths from falsehoods, and the glut of right-wing media organizations producing politically incorrect content is likely to blame.

This shows a stressed woman in a facemask

Featured Open Neuroscience Articles Psychology

·September 19, 2020·3 min read

Rising Stress and Depression in Coronavirus-Related Losses and Media Consumption

Researchers link the rise in acute stress and depression rates in the U.S to multiple stressors, such as unemployment and coronavirus-related media consumption.

Featured Neuroscience Open Neuroscience Articles Psychology

·February 15, 2019·4 min read

Social Threat Learning Influences Decisions

Study reveals social learning via oral communication or video can affect human behavior and decision making just as strongly as personal experience. The findings shed light on why people may sometimes make irrational decisions.

Featured Neuroscience Psychology

·November 12, 2018·6 min read

What Mass Shootings do to Those Not Shot: Social Consequences of Gun Violence

Researchers report on the social and psychological consequences exposure to mass shootings have on survivors, first responders and the community as a whole.