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The Dunning-Kruger effect says the least competent people are the most overconfident. A new study from Bath and LSE found it is actually the other way around

The Dunning-Kruger effect says the least competent people are the most overconfident. A new study from Bath and LSE found it is actually the other way around

Jul 29 · 6 min read · Psychological Review

A new study found the brain circuit that explains why you lose your appetite when you are anxious, and discovered it works like a single switch controlling both at once

A new study found the brain circuit that explains why you lose your appetite when you are anxious, and discovered it works like a single switch controlling both at once

Jul 23 · 8 min read · PNAS

Social psychology’s most influential theory says mixing different groups reduces prejudice. A re-analysis of 31 studies and 33,000 people found the causal evidence for that is largely a statistical artifact

Social psychology’s most influential theory says mixing different groups reduces prejudice. A re-analysis of 31 studies and 33,000 people found the causal evidence for that is largely a statistical artifact

Jul 17 · 8 min read · Nature

One of physics’ oldest unsolved problems is why time exists at all. A new experiment built a universe small enough to fit in a laboratory and found the first experimental answer

One of physics’ oldest unsolved problems is why time exists at all. A new experiment built a universe small enough to fit in a laboratory and found the first experimental answer

Jul 11 · 8 min read · Physical Review Journals

New research finds losing just 80 minutes of sleep a night triggers weight gain, but not through the mechanism scientists assumed

New research finds losing just 80 minutes of sleep a night triggers weight gain, but not through the mechanism scientists assumed

Jul 27 · 5 min read · Annals of Internal Medicine

A new study confirmed that frequent TV watching physically changes the brain, then found that sitting at work does something completely different to the same brain regions

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A new study confirmed that frequent TV watching physically changes the brain, then found that sitting at work does something completely different to the same brain regions

Jul 21 · 9 min read · Alzheimer's & Dementia

A five-year study of 10,000 adolescents found that the pandemic damaged every teenager’s mental health, then hit the most genetically vulnerable ones with additional harm on top

A five-year study of 10,000 adolescents found that the pandemic damaged every teenager’s mental health, then hit the most genetically vulnerable ones with additional harm on top

Jul 15 · 8 min read · Nature Translational Psychiatry

Teens who spend 6 hours a day on social media are twice as likely to develop anxiety. A new study found their risk of suicidal thoughts triples

Teens who spend 6 hours a day on social media are twice as likely to develop anxiety. A new study found their risk of suicidal thoughts triples

Jul 25 · 6 min read · Pediatrics Open Science

People with narcolepsy collapse when they laugh or feel joy. Scientists just found the brain circuit responsible, and it runs through the love hormone

People with narcolepsy collapse when they laugh or feel joy. Scientists just found the brain circuit responsible, and it runs through the love hormone

Jul 19 · 9 min read · Nature

Roger Penrose proposed in 1969 that energy could be pulled out of a spinning black hole. A lab in New York just proved he was right

Roger Penrose proposed in 1969 that energy could be pulled out of a spinning black hole. A lab in New York just proved he was right

Jul 13 · 8 min read · Nature

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