As digital devices progressively replace pen and paper, taking notes by hand is becoming increasingly uncommon in schools and universities. Using a keyboard is recommended because it’s often faster than writing by hand. However, the latter has been found to improve spelling accuracy and memory recall. To find out if the process of forming letters...

Lead author of the study, Ruth Karpinski, says the findings have implications both for the study of intelligence and for psychoneuroimmunology, which examines how stress responses to the environment influence communication between the brain and immune system. “Our findings are relevant because a significant portion of these individuals are suffering on a daily basis as...

Whether machines could be therapists is a question that has received increased attention given some of the benefits of working with generative artificial intelligence (AI). Although  previous research has found that humans can struggle to tell the difference between responses from machines and humans, recent findings suggest that AI can write empathically and the generated...

How do 1.4 kg of brain tissue create thoughts, feelings, mental images, and an inner world? The ability of the brain to create consciousness has baffled some for millennia. The mystery of consciousness lies in the fact that each of us has subjectivity, something that is like to sense, feel and think. In contrast to...

A new study sheds light on how psychological resilience can buffer these effects — and how certain life experiences can change that dynamic. Researchers surveyed 577 junior high school students to explore how early emotional trauma influences their social behavior and well-being. They found that students who experienced higher levels of emotional trauma as children...