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Chatbots Are Like Potato Chips: Understanding Loneliness in the Digital Age
We are talking to each other in person less and to chatbots more. Are these changes in our social interactions contributing to the current loneliness epidemic?
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All the Lonely (Middle-Aged) People, Where Do They All Come From?
Teaching: Why are U.S. middle-aged adults experiencing increasingly high levels of loneliness and depression? A three-part lesson brings this cutting-edge research into the classroom.
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New Content From Perspectives on Psychological Science
Recent content covering gender bias, artificial intelligence, creativity, socialization, and much more.
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Mitochondria May Be Missing Link Between Mental Health and Brain Function
The bean-shaped organelles are now being recognized for their part in immune signaling, stress responses, and neural functioning.
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A New Antidote for Youth Loneliness: Sharing Data About the Kindness of Others
The college years once ranked among the happiest times of most people’s lives, but that’s changed. Young adults face an escalating mental health crisis, fueled in part by loneliness. In 2023, 19% of young adults
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Why People See Their Pets as Family Members
Declining fertility rates and our biological drive to nurture may explain the rise of “dog parents.”
