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View article: Artificial Intelligence and the Psychology of Human Connection
Artificial Intelligence and the Psychology of Human Connection Open
As artificial intelligence (AI) becomes increasingly embedded in social life, understanding its interpersonal and psychological implications is urgent yet under-theorized. This paper introduces the Machine-Integrated Relational Adaptation …
View article: A Psychological and Linguistic Analysis of “The 2024 State of the Climate Report: Perilous Times on Planet Earth”
A Psychological and Linguistic Analysis of “The 2024 State of the Climate Report: Perilous Times on Planet Earth” Open
A traditional goal of science and environmental communication, including climate communication, has been to encourage disinterested or uninformed audiences to pay more attention to the world around them and to shift disinterest and apathy …
View article: Artificial Intelligence and the Psychology of Human Connection
Artificial Intelligence and the Psychology of Human Connection Open
As artificial intelligence (AI) becomes increasingly embedded in social life, understanding its interpersonal and psychological implications is urgent yet under-theorized. This paper introduces the Machine-Integrated Relational Adaptation …
View article: The (in)efficacy of AI personas in deception detection experiments
The (in)efficacy of AI personas in deception detection experiments Open
Artificial intelligence (AI) has recently been used to aid in deception detection and to simulate human data in social scientific research. Thus, it is important to consider how well these tools can inform both enterprises. We report 12 st…
View article: Perceived social contribution and its associations with political participation
Perceived social contribution and its associations with political participation Open
Many people who are eligible to participate in the political process do not, suggesting the interests of a large portion of the electorate are not adequately represented in government. While some past work has found that subjective well-be…
View article: An exploration of basic human values in 38 million obituaries over 30 years
An exploration of basic human values in 38 million obituaries over 30 years Open
How societies remember the dead can reveal what people value in life. We analyzed 38 million obituaries from the United States to examine how personal values are encoded in individual and collective legacies. Using Schwartz’s theory of bas…
View article: Perceived social contribution and its associations with political participation
Perceived social contribution and its associations with political participation Open
Many people who are eligible to participate in the political process do not, suggesting the interests of a large portion of the electorate are not adequately represented in government. While some past work has found that subjective well-be…
View article: Artificial Intelligence and the Psychology of Human Connection
Artificial Intelligence and the Psychology of Human Connection Open
As artificial intelligence (AI) becomes increasingly embedded in social life, understanding its interpersonal and psychological implications is urgent yet under-theorized. This paper introduces the Machine-Integrated Relational Adaptation …
View article: Testing Hypotheses from the Social Approval Theory of Online Hate: An Analysis of 110 Million Messages from Parler
Testing Hypotheses from the Social Approval Theory of Online Hate: An Analysis of 110 Million Messages from Parler Open
We examined how online hate is motivated by receiving social approval via Walther's (2024) social approval theory of online hate, which argues (H1a) more signals of social approval on hate messages predicts more subsequent hate messages, a…
View article: An Exploration of Basic Human Values in 38 Million Obituaries Over 30 Years
An Exploration of Basic Human Values in 38 Million Obituaries Over 30 Years Open
How societies remember the dead can reveal what people value in life. We analyzed 38 million obituaries from the US (1998-2024) to examine how personal values are encoded in individual and collective legacies. Using Schwartz’s theory of ba…
View article: Perceived social contribution and its associations with political participation
Perceived social contribution and its associations with political participation Open
Many people who are eligible to participate in the political process do not, suggesting the interests of a large portion of the electorate are not adequately represented in government. While some past work has found that subjective well-be…
View article: Context in Communication: Advancing an Understanding of Affordances and Constraints on Verbal Behavior
Context in Communication: Advancing an Understanding of Affordances and Constraints on Verbal Behavior Open
This paper examines the critical yet undertheorized role of context in verbal communication. Despite the term context appearing in over 83% of communication science articles, its conceptualization remains nebulous. Drawing on multiple disc…
View article: From vulnerability to duplicity: Examining the connection between childhood adversity and deception
From vulnerability to duplicity: Examining the connection between childhood adversity and deception Open
Deception research has traditionally evaluated how individual differences like personality traits and demographics correlate with lying. However, the establishment of adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) as an individual difference that al…
View article: Evaluating AI Use and its Psychological Correlates via Months of Web-Browsing Data
Evaluating AI Use and its Psychological Correlates via Months of Web-Browsing Data Open
Despite widespread discussions about Artificial Intelligence (AI) and its impact on society, little work has objectively measured how often people use this technology in the wild. The present paper collected up to 90 days of web-browsing d…
View article: How Do We Remember Close Connections? Gender and Age Differences in Legacy Identified via 38 Million Obituaries
How Do We Remember Close Connections? Gender and Age Differences in Legacy Identified via 38 Million Obituaries Open
How we live dictates how we will be remembered. Crucially, studying how our legacy endures may reveal new philosophical and psychological insights about human nature and social phenomena. In the current investigation, we present a large-sc…
View article: Evaluating AI Use and its Psychological Correlates via Months of Web-Browsing Data
Evaluating AI Use and its Psychological Correlates via Months of Web-Browsing Data Open
Despite widespread discussions about Artificial Intelligence (AI) and its impact on society, little work has objectively measured how often people use this technology in the wild. The present paper collected up to 90 days of web-browsing d…
View article: Language style (mis)matching: Consuming entertainment media from someone unlike you is linked to positive attitudes
Language style (mis)matching: Consuming entertainment media from someone unlike you is linked to positive attitudes Open
View article: The (In)Efficacy of AI Personas in Deception Detection Experiments
The (In)Efficacy of AI Personas in Deception Detection Experiments Open
Apart from recent exceptions, decades of research suggest humans perform poorly in deception detection studies. Accuracy is only slightly better than chance, and humans are often truth-biased. We report 12 studies using gemini-1.5-flash, a…
View article: From Vulnerability to Duplicity: Examining the Connection Between Childhood Adversity and Deception
From Vulnerability to Duplicity: Examining the Connection Between Childhood Adversity and Deception Open
Deception research has traditionally evaluated how individual differences like personality traits and demographics correlate with lying. However, the establishment of adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) as an individual difference that al…
View article: Journalists, Emotions, and the Introduction of Generative AI Chatbots: A Large-Scale Analysis of Tweets Before and After the Launch of ChatGPT
Journalists, Emotions, and the Introduction of Generative AI Chatbots: A Large-Scale Analysis of Tweets Before and After the Launch of ChatGPT Open
As part of a broader look at the impact of generative AI, this study investigated the emotional responses of journalists to the release of ChatGPT at the time of its launch. By analyzing nearly 1 million Tweets from journalists at major US…
View article: Ideological diversity of media consumption predicts COVID-19 vaccination
Ideological diversity of media consumption predicts COVID-19 vaccination Open
View article: Empowered by the Experience: Playing as Female Characters in Video Games
Empowered by the Experience: Playing as Female Characters in Video Games Open
Research on female video game characters often investigates negative outcomes of playing as stereotyped characters. Yet, video games increasingly offer people opportunities to play as capable, prominent female characters that may be meanin…
View article: The truth-default is ubiquitous, but some people experience it more than others
The truth-default is ubiquitous, but some people experience it more than others Open
Truth-default theory posits that most people are normatively honest and are believed by others. Do people think that others consider them honest? This paper explores how social perceptions of deception align with the truth-default. …
View article: Journalists, Emotions, and the Introduction of Generative AI Chatbots: A Large-Scale Analysis of Tweets Before and After the Launch of ChatGPT
Journalists, Emotions, and the Introduction of Generative AI Chatbots: A Large-Scale Analysis of Tweets Before and After the Launch of ChatGPT Open
As part of a broader look at the impact of generative AI, this study investigated the emotional responses of journalists to the release of ChatGPT at the time of its launch. By analyzing nearly 1 million Tweets from journalists at major U.…
View article: From complexity to clarity: How AI enhances perceptions of scientists and the public's understanding of science
From complexity to clarity: How AI enhances perceptions of scientists and the public's understanding of science Open
This article evaluated the effectiveness of using generative AI to simplify science communication and enhance the public's understanding of science. By comparing lay summaries of journal articles from PNAS, yoked to those generated by AI, …
View article: A Looking Glass into a Research Wonderland: Decades of Virtual Reality Scholarship Explicated via Natural Language Processing
A Looking Glass into a Research Wonderland: Decades of Virtual Reality Scholarship Explicated via Natural Language Processing Open
How has the field of Virtual Reality (VR) evolved and what type of research has made an impact? We used natural language processing techniques and generative Artificial Intelligence to develop the most complete review of experimental socia…
View article: Self and other-perceived deception detection abilities are highly correlated but unassociated with objective detection ability: Examining the detection consensus effect
Self and other-perceived deception detection abilities are highly correlated but unassociated with objective detection ability: Examining the detection consensus effect Open
View article: (Mis)measurement of Political Content Exposure within the Smartphone Ecosystem
(Mis)measurement of Political Content Exposure within the Smartphone Ecosystem Open
The affordances of the smartphone are shifting individuals toward ever smaller and more fragmented units of political experience. In this piece, we make use of a novel approach to granular assessment of political exposure on smartphones, r…
View article: Numeric social-media posts engage people with climate science
Numeric social-media posts engage people with climate science Open
Innumeracy (lack of math skills) among nonscientists often leads climate scientists and others to avoid communicating numbers due to concerns that the public will not understand them and may disengage. However, people often report preferri…
View article: Self and Other-Perceived Deception Detection Abilities are Highly Correlated but Unassociated with Objective Detection Ability: Examining the Detection Consensus Effect
Self and Other-Perceived Deception Detection Abilities are Highly Correlated but Unassociated with Objective Detection Ability: Examining the Detection Consensus Effect Open
Subjective lying rates are often strongly and positively correlated. Called the deception consensus effect, people who lie often tend to believe others lie often, too. The present paper evaluated how this cognitive bias also extends to dec…