Reading social media posts in a more emotional state of mind can make people more likely to believe untrue news posts. Cognitive Research: Principles and Implications Society for Personality and Social Psychology Happiness Persuasion Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Permalink Comments Comments Useful 1391
People can often tell if a speaker is smiling from their tone of voice alone. This knowledge can be used to improve communication over the phone and radio and make synthetic speech sound more human. ScienceDirect NPR Happiness Persuasion Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Permalink Comments Comments Useful 1364
In an online survey, Americans were more hesitant to receive the COVID-19 vaccine when they were told that it was rapidly developed, but less hesitant when told that the vaccines had gone through standard rigorous testing. Frontiers in Public Health Health Persuasion Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Permalink Comments Comments Useful 1869
In the two month period around the US' withdrawal from the Paris Climate Agreement, Twitter bots were responsible for about 25% of tweets about climate change, and were more likely than human users to tweet about climate denial research. Climate Policy Scientific American Environment Persuasion Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Permalink Comments Comments Useful 2402
Having a competent supervisor was more predictive of job satisfaction among workers than worker education, tenure, industry, or earnings. ILR Review CNN Happiness Persuasion Productivity Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Permalink Comments Comments Useful 3186
People who received more Instagram “likes” than expected reported less loneliness but more negative feelings such as being upset, hostile, ashamed, nervous, and afraid. These feelings may trigger more like-seeking to reduce dissatisfaction. Personality and Individual Differences Happiness Persuasion Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Permalink Comments Comments Useful 2012
Fifth graders and high school students who read the Harry Potter books and identified with Harry Potter held more accepting views towards marginalized groups. Journal of Applied Social Psychology Education Persuasion Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Permalink Comments Comments Useful 3099
Many White medical students and residents hold false beliefs about biological differences between Black and White people. These biases are linked to underestimating and under-treating pain felt by Black patients, likely contributing to racial disparities in healthcare. Psychological and Cognitive Sciences Education Persuasion Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Permalink Comments Comments Useful 2372
In a series of mock court trials involving a Black defendant, racially diverse juries made fewer inaccurate statements and deliberated more than all-White juries. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology Persuasion Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Permalink Comments Comments Useful 1235
Engaging people in a community-based setting and in empathetic conversation focused on safety improved safe firearms storage and the understanding that most firearm fatalities are suicides. BMJ Injury Prevention Education Health Persuasion Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Permalink Comments Comments Useful 2210