People are effort-averse in most situations but can exert effort for little reward when progressing towards goals. Here, the authors show that under deadline pressure people become effort-seeking whil...

Each day we make dozens of decisions about food. These choices are informed not only by information that we receive from our senses, but also by our memories, values, cultural norms, and goals. Eviden...

Digital distractions are vying for people’s focus, but our underlying capacity to pay attention seems to be undiminished.

Analysis shows whales’ coda vocalizations are ‘highly complex’ and remarkably similar to our own

The battle for human attention has become the defining geopolitical and democratic contest of the digital age.

Despite rising concerns about sycophancy—excessive agreement or flattery from artificial intelligence (AI) systems—little is known about its prevalence or consequences. We show that sycophancy is wide...

A study of 8,000 children suggests social media, not screens in general, may be fuelling a rise in inattention.

These sophisticated 3D cultures reveal previously inaccessible stages of human brain development and enable the systematic study of disease genes.

PhD Project - Optogenetic Control of Texture Perception in the Visual Cortex at Queen Mary University of London, listed on FindAPhD.com

Withdrawal from WHO and the Paris Agreements. USAID shuttered and aid halted, ceasing health programmes globally. A freeze on US$3 trillion worth of federal grants and loans, jeopardising the function...

La radicalizzazione di Mark Zuckerberg, l'assalto all'informazione e alla democrazia della nuova oligarchia tech americana, addio a Facebook e Instagram: è ora di ri-costruire la nostra casa digitale.

Film-maker who specialised in surreal, noir style mysteries made a string of influential, critically acclaimed works including Wild at Heart and Eraserhead

Platform fosters collegial interactions among scientists, but potentially limits interactions beyond the academic community

Sul delitto Matteotti, e oltre Rivista Questione Giustizia di Magistratura Democratica.

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