Follow the Fox? Elite Influence and White Support for the Great Replacement Theory
New empirical research published in the peer-reviewed journal PS: Political Science & Politics suggests a direct and measurable link between the consumption of specific conservative cable news programming and the…
How Does Turning to AI for Companionship Predict Loneliness and Vice Versa?
A groundbreaking 12-month longitudinal study involving thousands of adults across four major English-speaking nations has revealed a complex and potentially detrimental relationship between human loneliness and the use of artificial…
Anxiety, depression, and post-traumatic stress disorder among Palestinian refugees in Egypt: Gender-stratified item-level Bayesian network analysis
The mental health landscape for displaced populations is often characterized by a complex web of overlapping disorders, yet new research suggests that suicidal ideation serves as the primary "gravity well"…
New study links identity politics to lower mental well-being among progressives
The Mental Health Divide and the Rise of Identity Politics For more than a decade, social scientists and public health experts have observed a widening chasm in the psychological well-being…
Transgender individuals face higher rates of discrimination and violence than cisgender sexual minorities
A comprehensive study involving over 138,000 participants has revealed a stark disparity in the lived experiences of transgender individuals compared to their cisgender lesbian, gay, and bisexual (LGB) counterparts across…
Emerging Research Suggests Automation and Large Language Models May Reshape Global Religious Convictions
Societies are in a constant state of flux, undergoing profound transformations that, while often subtle in their day-to-day manifestations, can fundamentally alter foundational social relationships and core beliefs. In the…
Dreams and daydreams share unexpected patterns of bizarreness
The Fluid Spectrum of Spontaneous Thought For decades, psychologists and neuroscientists have categorized dreams and waking thoughts as fundamentally different phenomena. Dreams were traditionally viewed as a chaotic, unguided, and…
















