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Psychologists Say This Generation Developed Emotional Strengths That Are Rare TodayGrowing up before widespread digital connectivity fostered specific emotional strengths in earlier generations, including delayed gratifica...
The Spotlight Effect: Why We Overestimate How Much Others Notice UsEver feel like everyone's watching your every move? Psychologists call it the spotlight effect, where we overestimate how much attention ot...
Why Silence After a Message Feels Uncomfortable to Some and Peaceful to OthersUnanswered messages trigger varied brain responses, from discomfort to calm, depending on attachment styles and tolerance for ambiguity. Ne...
Saying 'thank you' to ChatGPT is costly but maybe it's worth the priceSaying “please” to AI may waste energy and money, but experts argue it fosters human courtesy, affects behavior, and reflects cultural valu...
Search party: Google's dominance in internet search wanes amid rising app queries and AI threatsThe search landscape is evolving rapidly, with Google facing challenges from specialized platforms and AI-driven search experiences. Users ...
My weekend with an emotional support AI companionFor several hours Friday evening, I ignored my husband and dog and allowed a chatbot named Pi to validate the heck out of me.
Dynamics on display at the Heard-Depp trial showed us how being an object of intense fan fascination can be toxicFans are increasingly demanding a return for the precious resource of their attention, their clicks and eyeballs and adulation.
2019 is the year to go beyond awareness and actually take charge of our relationship with technologyIn fact, our phones disconnect us even when we are not using them. A study from Virginia Tech looked at conversations among 100 pairs of pe...
This is why tech gadgets are the biggest culprit for your sleep disorderIf there is one cause for sleep disorders that has seen a sharp rise in recent years, according to doctors, it is the use of electronics.
Hyper-connected thanks to WhatsApp and Facebook, yet very lonely? Welcome to realityIn this digitally ruled world, it is now quite common for people to go through an entire day without actually talking to a single person or...
Reality Bites: Hyper-connected thanks to WhatsApp and Facebook, yet very lonely?Loneliness and lack of social connection can cause anxiety, depression, slower recovery from disease.
Make space for conversations in the text ageResearch tells us it is not efficient to multi-task and that it takes substantially longer to learn anything or complete tasks without a si...
- Impact of Social Media: Twitter saps output, Facebook makes you fat
20 years from now, studies will be published about how teenagers of today have trouble relating to one another.
- We would rather text than talk: Sherry Turkle, professor, MIT
Sherry Turkle, a professor of social studies of science and technology at the MIT and a clinical psychologist, is an expert on mobile techn...
- Social networking sites are a 'modern form of madness'
Sherry Turkle's warnings follow the death of Simone Back, a woman in Brighton who posted a suicide note on Facebook that was seen by more t...