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Anti-Trans Myths
How a political movement manufactured scientific misinformation and legitimized hate.
MISINFORMATION IN MIND test
How cognitive manipulation, innate biases, bots, and environmental assaults alter the way we perceive the world—and each other.
FEATURE STORIES
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Moral Imagination
We constantly adjust our moral values based on our ideas about the world. That can be a tool for kindness, cruelty—or just for survival.
By D. Watkins
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When Your Psychologist is an AI
Amid a shortage of mental health providers, people are turning to chatbots for support. But is their advice trustworthy and safe?
By Elizabeth Svoboda
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Beyond Bias
We all have bias embedded in our brains, but there are ways we can move past it. New findings from psychology show us how.
By Jyoti Madhusoodanan
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Polluted Minds
Airborne toxins can increase our risk for cognitive disability and disease. The science of exposomics is helping to identify effective responses.
By Sherry Baker
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TIKTOK VIDEOS
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TikTok: The Truth About Trans Identity Is Plain To See
The brain reflects lived experience, and it lights up according to gender identity, not sex at birth.
By Ben Rein
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TikTok: Can You Change Your Moral Values?
People can use their imagination to justify bad behavior—or to develop more empathy.
By Ben Rein
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TikTok: Companies Are Selling AI Therapy. Should You Buy It?
Will a chatbot ever have the empathy to be your therapist, for real?
By Ben Rein
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TikTok: What Race Reveals About Biased Attitudes
How anti-Black bias plays out in the first-person shooter task
By Ben Rein
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TikTok: There Is a Chemical Assault on Your Brain
The powerful link between pollution and Alzheimer's disease
By Ben Rein
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