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Dive into the fascinating world of fiction and its profound impact on our cognitive abilities and empathy. New research from the Journal of Experimental Psychology: General has brought to light the ...

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To better understand human cognition, scientists trained a large language model on 10 million psychology experiment questions. It now answers questions much like we do. By Carl Zimmer Companies like ...

I’ll never forget the moment a stranger convinced me he could read my mind. It was one of those corporate parties: music too loud, bar lines too long, and conversations full of polite small talk while ...