Understanding speech requires listeners to integrate incoming input with prior linguistic and thematic knowledge to access meaning, a task greatly aided by prediction. Surprisal and related phenomena ...

Findings are pushing psychologists to ask not only whether AI can simulate empathy, but what empathy requires in the first place.

Findings are pushing psychologists to ask not only whether AI can simulate empathy, but what empathy requires in the first place.

Findings are pushing psychologists to ask not only whether AI can simulate empathy, but what empathy requires in the first place.

We tend to interpret feedback in ways that confirm our pre-existing beliefs. Such confirmatory tendencies are often viewed as cognitive flaws, but mig…

Nature Human Behaviour - Impaired social functioning is a core feature of autism spectrum disorders. This systematic review and meta-analysis synthesizes the evidence for this across studies...

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Interacting with people you know often feels natural. You might sense that your friend is nervous before giving a presentation, or that your sibling is joking even when their words sound serious, and ...