August 31, 2021
by Elizabeth Pratt
Banning an online jerk from a social media platform may not be the answer to dealing with toxic people. It may just make it worse.
That’s the finding of a study from a group of researchers from Binghamton University, Boston University, University College London and the Max Planck Institute for Informatics in Germany.
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February 21, 2020
by Tina Arnoldi
Dopamine fasting encourages people to avoid stimulation to become better versions of themselves. Dr. Cameron Sepah describes it as “an evidence-based technique to manage addictive behaviors, by restricting them to specific periods of time, and practicing fasting from impulsively engaging in them, in order to regain behavioral flexibility.”
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September 20, 2019
by Tina Arnoldi
Our consumption habits are not rational. We overindulge in multiple areas of life. While the brain processes information as rewarding, it can put more value on the information than warranted which is why we get into rabbit holes of information online.
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August 27, 2019
by Patricia Tomasi
Dating apps are growing in popularity. In the U.S., online dating is a $3 billion industry and growing each year with predictions of 25 per cent continued growth into the year 2020. It seems everyone you talk to has tried or knows someone who has tried a dating app. But are they for everyone? A new study published in the Journal of Social and Personal Relationships aimed to answer that question by looking at how social anxiety and loneliness might impact someone’s dating app use.
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July 24, 2019
by Elizabeth Pratt
If you've ever felt bad about yourself due to something you've seen on social media, you're not alone. Now, German answers may have found the reason why.
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February 12, 2019
by Patricia Tomasi
A new study, recently published in the Journal of Medical Internet Research, took a look at 21 previous studies on Internet apps delivering iCBT or internet-based cognitive behavioral therapy and found that they were effective for people suffering from mild, moderate and severe depression.
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December 7, 2018
by Tina Arnoldi
Voice is how we communicate as humans and in recent years, has also become the way we interact with machines. People speak to devices now as part of their every day routine, whether buying online or completing a task. How will (or has) voice technology influenced the way we communicate with each other?
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November 16, 2018
by Tina Arnoldi
The capabilities we have today with AI (Artificial Intelligence) are beyond what we could have imagined even ten years ago. We know computers can save time on manual tasks and increase efficiency. But can computers learn empathy?
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August 30, 2016
by Hilda Huj
Bullying has been a social problem since the beginning of civilized men. Therefore, it is no surprise that there are many different definitions of bullying. However, generally speaking, we can define bullying as repeated intimidation, over time, of a physical, verbal, and psychological nature of a less powerful person by a more powerful person or group of people
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July 20, 2015
by Mary Horn, Psy.D.
The First Amendment to the United States Constitution is Freedom of Speech. But when does that freedom collide with a person’s right to privacy in our country? As a country, we protect freedom of expression. But our forward moving, electronic society means that each person has a digital footprint. Take for example the silly things one does in high school being posted and coming up in a Google search twenty years later affecting ones job or life in a significant way. Should we have the right to remove information that we do not like or think is no longer relevant? Who decides if it is relevant? These are some of the questions currently being asked because of a recent petition filed in the United States by an advocacy group.
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