Exploring the limits of consciousness. How does the brain perceive own name?
When you see a picture of our your face, hear your name or see it written down, the brain receives an important signal. Knowing how such stimuli are processed may help better understand the phenomena bordering on consciousness and unconsciousness, Polish researchers show.
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Can culture affect sexual orientation?
Can culture affect sexual orientation? No single factor controls any human behaviour, including the behaviour associated with sexual orientation. These behaviours are the result of many influences: biological, genetic, hormonal and socio-cultural ones, says psychologist and biologist Dr. Wojciech Dragan.
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Science repeatedly withdraws erroneous assumptions about sexual orientation, says psychologist
For years, homosexual orientation had been treated as a disorder in medical classifications, and attempts were being made to treat homosexuals with harmful (as we know today) conversion therapies. But science had to abandon erroneous assumptions many times in history, says psychologist and biologist Wojciech Dragan.
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Will Artificial Intelligence lead to a better life or end up controlling us?
With AI (artificial intelligence) systems getting better and better in various areas, sometimes outdoing humans, there are growing concerns that computers will soon dominate us or people will connect their brains to AI.
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Men don’t support gender equality, shocking new report shows
Men are less likely to support gender equality in countries where women have greater equality, a new study has found.
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Born to run? Prof. warns of 'ageing communities' as young leave Polish cities
A demographer from the University of Łódz has warned that an increasing number of younger people are moving out of city spaces.
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One Number to Describe a Scientist’s Work? Three Work Better
Can one number, for example the Hirsch index, describe the impact of a scientist on the development of science? According to a team of Polish researchers the answer is no, arguing that to accurately reflect the citation rate of scientific papers, it is better to use three variables.
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Smell Test Reveals How Feelings of Disgust Affect Moral Judgments
The feeling of disgust increases the chances of our moral judgments being more extreme, psychologists have found.
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People Blindly Trust AI Even When It's Clearly Wrong, Study Shows
A university academic has called for more critical thinking to be taught after finding that even if "artificial intelligence" postulates something completely absurd, people tend to trust it without question.
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Doctors’ morals put to the test by pandemic, says top bioethicist
A doctor is a profession that involves extremely high moral risk, which materializes during a pandemic, says a leading bioethicist.
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