psychology

18 04, 2024

Mind and machine (Dvija Mehta, BBC Future)

By Humanities Watch|2024-04-18T10:27:45-04:00April 18th, 2024|Debate / dialogue, Everything Else, Medicine, News, Philosophy, psychology, STEM, Technology, U.S. / Canada|0 Comments

Why implanting computing chips into the brain can challenge our sense of self.

8 12, 2023

Chatbots and charity

By Humanities Watch|2023-12-12T07:36:32-05:00December 8th, 2023|Academia, education, Everything Else, health, History, Language, Literature, Observations, Philosophy, psychology, STEM, Technology|0 Comments

A conversation about how Chat can heighten anxiety, as students leave off writing by themselves.

9 11, 2023

Covid on my mind (BBC News and The Lancet)

By Humanities Watch|2023-11-10T07:12:01-05:00November 9th, 2023|education, environment, Europe, Everything Else, History, Medicine, News, psychology|1 Comment

Failing memory and mental clarity in the aftermath of the pandemic.

4 11, 2023

Young worries over old problems (Making Caring Common Project)

By Humanities Watch|2023-11-04T10:59:07-04:00November 4th, 2023|Economics, education, Everything Else, health, History, News, psychology|0 Comments

A new study documents heightened anxiety over life's meaning among young adults.

2 09, 2023

Anxiously seeking solutions (Julie Wernau and Andrea Petersen, Wall Street Journal)

By Humanities Watch|2023-09-02T19:30:36-04:00September 2nd, 2023|business, Debate / dialogue, environment, Everything Else, History, Language, News, psychology, STEM, Technology, U.S. / Canada|0 Comments

Increased anxiety meets a new industry designed to address it.

18 08, 2023

Taking the lead through the humanities (Jenny Kincaid Boone, Virginia Tech News)

By Humanities Watch|2023-08-18T15:48:51-04:00August 18th, 2023|Academia, business, Economics, education, Everything Else, History, Literature, News, Philosophy, poetry, psychology, STEM, Technology, U.S. / Canada|0 Comments

Technology leaders find new dimensions of stewardship through the humanities.

6 05, 2023

The plague of loneliness (Vivek H. Murthy, Surgeon General of the United States)

By Humanities Watch|2023-05-06T11:27:58-04:00May 6th, 2023|environment, Everything Else, health, History, Medicine, News, psychology, STEM, Technology, U.S. / Canada|0 Comments

Whither / wither the humanities in our social isolation?

12 04, 2023

Chatbot, chatbot, on the wall (Salk News)

By Humanities Watch|2023-04-12T11:51:22-04:00April 12th, 2023|education, Everything Else, Language, News, Philosophy, psychology, science, STEM, U.S. / Canada|0 Comments

The chatbot reflects the personality of the questioner.

22 02, 2022

The business of happiness (Lindsay Ellis, Wall Street Journal)

By Humanities Watch|2022-02-22T13:29:32-05:00February 22nd, 2022|Academia, business, Debate / dialogue, Economics, education, Employment, Everything Else, Literature, News, Philosophy, psychology, Religion, U.S. / Canada|0 Comments

Understanding happiness as the key to success.

16 02, 2022

The metrics of a life well-lived (D. Baumann and W. Ruch, Frontiers in Psychology)

By Humanities Watch|2022-02-16T14:37:23-05:00February 16th, 2022|Academia, education, Employment, Europe, Everything Else, History, Language, mathematics, News, Philosophy, psychology, science|0 Comments

Building a model to measure life fulfillment, in retrospect.