Summary: Young people with ADHD are significantly more likely to experience “internalizing” problems like anxiety and low mood, but until now, the exact links between these conditions remained unclear. A…
Category: Psychology
AI Autocomplete Covertly Shifts Human Opinions
Summary: AI-powered writing tools do more than just speed up your typing—they may be subtly rewriting your worldviews. A large-scale study reveals that biased autocomplete suggestions can shift a user’s…
Older Adults Still Prioritize Passion
Summary: The cultural stereotype of older age as a time of asexual “friendship” is being dismantled by new research. A study of single adults aged 60 to 83 found that…
Exhaustion Loophole: How Sleep Deprivation Compromises Justice
Summary: The U.S. criminal justice system has long accounted for intellectual disabilities and intoxication when weighing the validity of statements, but a new research synthesis suggests it is ignoring a…
Healing Without the Hallucinations: The Next Generation of Psilocybin Therapy
Summary: While psilocybin is hailed as a breakthrough for depression and anxiety, many patients remain wary of the intense “trips” associated with the drug. Now, researchers have engineered modified versions…
Teen Aggression Speeds Up Aging
Summary: Adolescence is often a time of social friction, but a new longitudinal study reveals that these early behavioral patterns have deep physical consequences. Following 121 individuals from age 13…
Psychedelics Remodel Myelin to Heal PTSD
Summary: For years, scientists have focused on how psychedelics “rewire” neurons. But a groundbreaking study has found a “missing link” in long-term PTSD recovery: myelin remodeling. Researchers discovered that psilocybin…
