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New Content From Current Directions in Psychological Science
A sample of articles on the moral psychology of AI, parenting by lying, color semantics in human cognition, and much more.
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When Versus Whether: Gender Differences in Leadership
Podcast: In contemporary society, there is a significant rise in the number of women assuming leadership positions compared to past generations. Nevertheless, this raises the question: Do these growing numbers equate to equal access to opportunities? Under the Cortex explores.
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Stuck in a rut? How to appreciate your life again, according to science
A new job, apartment or relationship can all come with a sheen of excitement. But that luster fades after a while. And everything seems a bit duller. There's a term for that phenomenon, says Tali Sharot, a cognitive neuroscientist at University College London and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology: habituation. It's "our tendency to respond less and less to things that are repeated or constant."
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In the Race to Artificial General Intelligence, Where’s the Finish Line?
To hear companies such as ChatGPT’s OpenAI tell it, artificial general intelligence, or AGI, is the ultimate goal of machine learning and AI research. But what is the measure of a generally intelligent machine? ... “There’s no such thing as general intelligence, artificial or natural,” agrees Alison Gopnik, a professor of psychology at the University of California, Berkeley. Different kinds of problems require different kinds of cognitive abilities, she notes; no single type of intelligence can do everything.
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A Form of Benevolence Increases Tolerance of Domestic Violence Against Women
Violence against women is a particularly urgent problem in India and other countries where gender inequality is high. But those who worry about women being the victims of random violence in public are more likely to tolerate domestic violence against women in private, according to a new study.
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Opinion: Surgeons give patients too many opioids. A few simple steps could curb excess prescribing
America’s opioid epidemic is as bad as it has ever been. Although the sharp increase in opioid overdose deaths over the last decade is largely attributed to the rise in fentanyl distributed through drug cartels, a startling number can be traced to prescriptions. In fact, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimates that 45 people died each day in 2021 from a prescription opioid overdose — about one-fifth of all opioid-related deaths. ... Inexpensive solutions grounded in evidence on human behavior can be powerful tools in our campaign against opioid addiction.
