Psikoloji

Psychology (theguardian.com):
Small changes to ‘for you’ feed on X can rapidly increase political polarisation. Study finds that a week of political content can bring about a shift in views that previously would have taken three years
Psychology (lse.ac.uk):
As a society, we may be able to increase support for redistribution by exposing the ultra-rich. When people do not directly observe large differences in wealth, they tend to underestimate inequality, feel more content with their situation, and show less interest in policy change.
Psychology (news.osu.edu):
Personalized algorithms lead to a distorted view of reality when learning new information, a new study finds. Study participants were often wrong when tested on the information they were supposed to learn – but were overconfident in their incorrect answers.
Psychology (psypost.org):
A single 30-minute session of physical activity can produce immediate antidepressant effects in both humans and mice, involving a hormone released by fat cells that alters brain plasticity to improve mood. Physical exercise may be effective in preventing the development of depression.
Psychology (psypost.org):
Lonely children have an increased risk of dementia and cognitive decline in adulthood. Research found individuals who reported experiencing loneliness as children had a 41% higher risk of dementia in adulthood. They also tended to experience faster age-related cognitive decline
Psychology (psypost.org):
Factors that may lead young adults to consider cheating on their romantic partners: Half had at least one parent had an extramarital affair, usually the father. A personal history of cheating was the strongest predictor of future intentions, but being a victim of cheating was not.
Psychology (jclinepi.com):
Prozac appears to be no better than placebo for treating depression in children and teens; a new study proposes novelty bias and reduced expectancy effects as explanations for the loss of efficacy.
Psychology (nature.com):
The Batman effect: A female experimenter, appearing pregnant, boarded the train. In the experimental condition, an additional experimenter dressed as Batman entered from another door. Passengers were significantly more likely to offer their seat when Batman was present (67.21% vs. 37.66%).
Psychology (psypost.org):
Analysis of 45 serial killers sheds new light on the dark psychology of sexually motivated murderers. The study found sexually motivated serial killers are often driven by a complex combination of grandiose entitlement and deep-seated emotional vulnerability
Psychology (nature.com):
Using computer vision techniques on sound pictures of short speech fragments (“spectrograms”), researchers trained a neural network on voice recordings from people with and without schizophrenia. The results suggest analyzing patterns of everyday speech could help diagnose and track schizophrenia.