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Every time we speak, we're improvising. "Humans possess a remarkable ability to talk about almost anything, sometimes putting ...

Is it possible to spot personality dysfunction from someone’s everyday word use? My colleagues and I have conducted research ...

Effective communication lies at the heart of human connection. It helps us collaborate with each other, solve problems and build relationships. And communicating clearly is a major consideration for ...

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Plenty of people turn the captions on while watching TV, but what about captions for your thoughts? Researchers have built an interpretive interface that turns patterns of brain activity into text. To ...

Great AI doesn’t happen in isolation. These UX strategies — from confidence scores to graceful error recovery — turn users into active collaborators. The AI ...

Cognitive distortions are ways of thinking that are often habitual, negative, and not rooted in fact. These distortions become ingrained over time and can affect mental health. Therapy, particularly ...

In Mendelian inheritance patterns, you receive one version of a gene, called an allele, from each parent. These alleles can be dominant or recessive. Non-Mendelian genetics don’t completely follow ...