Shayla Love: This is Scientific American’s 60-Second Science. I’m Shayla Love. Tell me if this sounds familiar. You’re trying to get some work done, and … Is Your Phone Actually Draining Your Brain?Read more
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The tunes you hum, books you read, rows you have
Twitter and co are shaping your world ‘I didn’t do it to make more money. I did it to try to help humanity.” Elon Musk … The tunes you hum, books you read, rows you haveRead more
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The Dark Psychology of Social Networks
Suppose that the biblical story of Creation were true: God created the universe in six days, including all the laws of physics and all the … The Dark Psychology of Social NetworksRead more
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There’s so much more out there for you in your life than what’s on this little screen
[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ol5RtrE8zOU&rel=0&feature=relmfu] How Instagram Hacks Your Brain We The Internet TV
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Your smartphone is ruining your memory
Last week, I missed a real-life meeting because I hadn’t set a reminder on my smartphone, leaving someone I’d never met before alone in a … Your smartphone is ruining your memoryRead more
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How Facebook Programmed Our Relatives
Three years ago, on his birthday, a law professor watched his e-mail inbox fill with Facebook notifications indicating that friends had posted messages on his … How Facebook Programmed Our RelativesRead more
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Addiction, Depression, and the Opioid Epidemic, What Are They Telling Us?
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The Psychology of Fact-Checking
Distortions and outright lies by politicians and pundits have become so common that major news outlets like the Associated Press, CNN, BBC, Fox News, and … The Psychology of Fact-CheckingRead more
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People are lying more since the rise of social media and smartphones
Back in 2004, communication researcher Jeff Hancock and his colleagues had 28 students report the number of social interactions they had via face-to-face communication, the … People are lying more since the rise of social media and smartphonesRead more