Gen Alpha sees generative AI as authority and oracle, research shows
Children and young people most often ask AI questions about the present and the future, considering the answers an oracle. This leads to perceiving it as an authority and giving AI subjectivity, Dr. Ada Florentyna Pawlak from SWPS University points out.
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Music therapy supports parents of premature babies, says study
Music therapy improves well-being, helps to calm nerves and gives the opportunity to express various emotions, including difficult ones, shows research conducted among parents of premature babies who were in neonatology and neonatal intensive care units.
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Remote and hybrid work may worsen sleep patterns, study shows
Remote and hybrid work are more often associated with sleep and circadian rhythm disorders than in-office work, Polish scientists have shown. Performing professional duties from home also increases the risk of musculoskeletal ailments and headaches.
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Wikipedia's creator: Artificial intelligence will not be an alternative to the largest online encyclopedia for a long time to come
Wikipedia creator Jimmy Wales said in an interview with PAP that artificial intelligence will not be an alternative to the largest online encyclopedia for a long time to come. He added that Wikipedia’s credibility is the responsibility of the vibrant community of volunteers who create it.
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Games reveal a lot about ourselves, says expert
Games are a key element of contemporary culture and, like all of its products, they tell us about ourselves, says Dr. Michał Kłosiński, a professor at the Game Studies Research Centre of the University of Silesia.
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Cracow student develops computer program to prove altruism is a human survival mechanism
Altruism is often perceived as an impractical attitude that rarely brings tangible benefits. Meanwhile, computer simulations suggest that it may be a mechanism of human survival, the Cracow University of Technology reports.
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Scientists to investigate whether polycrisis generation is developing in Poland
Scientists from the Jagiellonian University will investigate how young people cope with so-called cumulative stress and whether a polycrisis generation is developing in Poland.
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Patriotism and Polishness: Only 40 percent respondents attached to Poland in a positive way
Only 40 percent of Poles surveyed are attached to their country in a positive way, with almost 60 percent of respondents saying they 'have a problem with Poland', according to research by the Institute of Psychology of the Polish Academy of Sciences.
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University of Lodz scientists in project to help cities adapt to climate change
Scientists from the University of Lodz are developing solutions to prevent ecosystem degradation due to global warming. One of the projects is the international undertaking 'LifeCoolCity', which aims to strengthen the adaptive capacity of cities to climate change.
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Monkey memes are critical self-stereotypes of Poles, says new research
The image of a monkey with a long nose called Janusz, a typical Pole presented in memes, fits into the unfairly negative image of Poles created in the media after 1989, says Dr. Marek Kochan from SWPS University, who analysed memes featuring the proboscis monkey.
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Butterflies are associated with fragility, but they can fly several thousand kilometres using air currents, among other things. Their migrations are still poorly known, however, and they cannot be tracked as easily as birds, using rings or GPS transmitters, says botanist and ecologist Dr. Tomasz Suchan.
