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By comparing brain scans and AI predictions, a UChicago psychology student is researching how we process unexpected events ...

Deep conversations with AI chatbots can feel emotionally close, according to new psychology research on human bonding and ...

There isn’t a hard line differentiating a false memory and simply misremembering where you put your keys. But, in general, ...

The big thinkers at Aperture explore the rise of nihilism on social media platforms.

In new UChicago study, researchers used Minecraft to test whether positive or negative emotion makes the recall method more ...

After 22 wonderful years, I’ve decided to take the exciting and terrifying step of leaving in order to try to build something ...

The Johnson & Wales approach to education has always been richly experiential. Now, that real-world, hands-on focus is being fully integrated into every course, including those in the Core Curriculum.