#behavioral-experiments

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fromMail Online
1 day ago

Nice to see moo! Cows recognise a familiar human face, study finds

Cows distinguish familiar from unfamiliar human faces, showing longer gaze to unfamiliar faces and matching gaze changes when voice matches visuals.
Psychology
fromSilicon Canals
3 months ago

Love makes you reckless (literally): study finds romantic cues increase risk-taking - Silicon Canals

Exposure to romantic cues reduces self-control and increases both everyday and ethical risk-taking.
Relationships
fromPsychology Today
5 months ago

Experimentation Is Essential in Repairing Relationships

Repair requires partners to experiment with intentional, different behaviors rather than promises or insight alone to rebuild trust and safety.
fromHubspot
7 months ago

Can music influence what we buy? To find out, I dove into the psychology of music

Back in 1997, the researchers stocked an English supermarket with four types of French and German wines, all similarly matched in cost, dryness, and sweetness. For two weeks, the store speakers either played German oom-pah music or French accordion music. North and his colleagues would switch the music daily and measure the effect on sales. Turns out, 83% of wine buyers bought French wine when the accordion music was playing,
Music
fromenglish.elpais.com
7 months ago

People cheat much more if they use AI: It's a level of deception we haven't seen before'

It's easier for humans to be dishonest if they delegate their actions to a machine agent like ChatGPT, according to a new scientific study recently published in the journal Nature. Artificial intelligence (AI) acts as a kind of psychological cushion that reduces the sense of moral responsibility. People find it harder to lie or do something irresponsible if they have to take the lead. AI, and its willingness to comply with any request from its users, can lead to a wave of cheating.
Artificial intelligence
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