Deepfakes are usually seen as tools for spreading misinformation. But new research highlights another risk: The “liar’s dividend.” ...

We often mistake the "aha!" moment of a clear explanation for actual mastery. The feeling of learning can be a psychological illusion, but we can spot the difference.

Screen time has long been a concern for parents, child safety advocates and others, particularly in the early years when a ...

Artificial intelligence is reshaping many aspects of life quickly. Should college professors be evaluting student learning ...

I was in college and it was finals week. Half the people on my dorm floor were hunched over laptops days in advance, color-coded notes spread across their desks like tiny control panels. The other ...

Psychologists who study mental load point out that this kind of cognitive labor is exhausting—and often invisible. The people ...

Artificial intelligence is rapidly making intellectual work and social interaction easier, but that ease may come at a substantial psychological cost, according to researchers from the University of ...

Alysa Liu's gold medal-winning hair was perfected in Oakland.

People's decisions are known to be influenced by past experiences, including the outcomes of earlier choices. For over a century, psychologists have been trying to shed light on the processes ...

For almost a century, psychology and neuroscience researchers have been trying to understand the processes via which humans and other animals acquire new skills or learn to deal with specific ...

The Department of Clinical Psychology at the All India Institute of Speech and Hearing (AIISH) organised a national seminar and Continuing Rehabilitation Education (CRE) event on “Current trends ...

Even with highly extensive training, the human brain is not really capable of performing two tasks simultaneously. Moreover, even the smallest deviations from trained routines can have a significant ...