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·October 4, 2024·4 min read

Evolutionary Rates Over Time May Be Driven by Statistical “Noise”

A new study suggests that perceived increases in evolutionary rates over short time periods might be due to statistical noise rather than inherent biological processes. Researchers found that this “hyperbolic” pattern, often seen in younger species groups, does not indicate faster evolution but results from the variability in the data.

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·March 1, 2024·5 min read

AI Outshines Humans in Creative Thinking

ChatGPT-4 was pitted against 151 human participants across three divergent thinking tests, revealing that the AI demonstrated a higher level of creativity. The tests, designed to assess the ability to generate unique solutions, showed GPT-4 providing more original and elaborate answers.

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·January 17, 2023·4 min read

New Research Furthers Case for Exercise Promoting Youthfulness

Exercise has a youthfulness-promoting epigenetic effect on aging organisms, a new study reports.

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·April 19, 2022·3 min read

People Learn Relevant Information Better During Stressful Event

People recall information better when the information is related to a stressful event, a new study reports.

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·March 8, 2021·3 min read

Moral Outrage Is Attractive Among Long-Term Relationship Seekers

People who display moral outrage were considered to be more trustworthy and benevolent, and therefore more likely to display other positive pro-social behaviors than their more controlled counterparts.

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·February 18, 2021·3 min read

A Link Between DNA and Marriage Satisfaction in Newlyweds

Couples with the CD38 CC genetic variant reported higher levels of trust and marriage satisfaction.

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·December 12, 2020·3 min read

Increased Social Media Use Linked to Developing Depression

Young adults who spend 300 or more minutes on social media a day are 2.8 times more likely to develop depression within six months than those who use social media for 120 minutes or less.

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·July 31, 2020·4 min read

Pandemic Leads to Higher Depression, Anxiety and Fear

During the early months of the coronavirus pandemic, people reported an increase in symptoms of depression, fear, anxiety, psychological trauma, and suicidal ideations.

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·March 5, 2020·3 min read

Caffeine boosts problem-solving abilities, but not creativity

200mg of caffeine, the equivalent of a strong cup of coffee, helps boost problem solving skills, but has no effect on creative thinking.

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·July 1, 2019·3 min read

Research questions link between unconscious bias and behavior

A meta-analysis reveals there is little evidence that implicit bias can be changed long term. There is even less evidence to suggest changes can lead to behavioral changes.

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·April 19, 2019·2 min read

Research provides important insight on the brain-body connection

Neurons in the motor cortex of rats fall into two categories, those that are externally focused and relay information to other parts of the body, and those that are internally focused. When inhibition is increased, the externally focused neurons switch to internally focused cells.

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·February 18, 2018·3 min read

One Hour of Video Gaming Can Increase the Brain’s Ability to Focus

Researchers report playing action video games increases performance on visual selective activities. Players had increased focus on relevant visual information while suppressing less relevant information.