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Life without the Sun: Polish explorer describes months of darkness on Polar station where Moon is the only light
At the Polish Polar Station Hornsund, the sun remains below the horizon for more than three months. For polar explorer Dagmara Bożek, that period changes the pace of daily life. “During the polar night, metabolism slows down, sleepiness increases, and monotony sets in,” she tells the Polish Press Agency.
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Human intelligence peaks between 55 and 60 years of age, new study says
General cognitive and personality-related functioning peaks between the ages of 55 and 60, according to research by psychologists from Poland and Australia who analysed cognitive abilities, personality traits, emotional intelligence, and empathy.
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Polish language not ‘superior’ for AI prompting, researchers say
Claims that Polish is the “best language for prompting” AI models are incorrect, according to the research behind the OneRuler benchmark, a multilingual test suite evaluating how AI models process very long texts.
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Children treat robots politely regardless of communicative style, Polish researchers find
Children remain polite to robots even when the machines speak to them in a commanding manner, Polish researchers have found. The finding challenges the assumption that children automatically imitate the communication style of machines.
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Gen Z have poor sleep and depression because of late night Instagram use, study finds
A new study from the John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin has found that young social media users who delay bedtime without a rational reason, a behaviour known as sleep procrastination, experience poorer sleep quality and more symptoms of depression.
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Awareness of unethical workplace behaviour in Poland has increased, research shows
Awareness and sensitivity toward unethical behaviour in the workplace, such as telling obscene jokes, commenting on appearance or being invited to dinner by a superior, have significantly increased over the past 30 years, according to research from Warsaw’s SWPS University.
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Delusions and psychosis in schizophrenia linked to cognitive biases, says Polish psychologist
Jumping to conclusions, seeing signs where there are none, and attributing internal experiences to the outside world are among the cognitive biases that make living with schizophrenia difficult. These can be addressed through metacognitive training (MCT), explains psychologist Łukasz Gawęda, PhD, a professor at the Institute of Psychology of the Polish Academy of Sciences.
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Psychologist urges early mental health screening for Polish infants
Experiences in the first year of life have a greater and longer-lasting impact on human development than similar experiences later in life, says psychologist Anna Brandt-Salmeri from the University of Silesia in Katowice. She is leading the Bobas project, which aims to introduce early mental health screening tools for infants into Poland’s healthcare system.
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Neuroatypical students face more bullying and exclusion in Polish schools, study finds
Students who identify as neuroatypical experience violence and social exclusion at school significantly more often than their neurotypical peers, according to a new report presented at SWPS University.
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Ancient silverfish reveal primitive evolution and unusual mating, Polish entomologist says
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How we view past, present and future shapes anxiety and depression, researcher says
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Bears have better conditions for migration in Poland’s Carpathian mountains as forests are overgrowing farmland, study finds
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