Temple University: New research shows a pet’s cuteness can significantly influence intentions to book a home-sharing service like Airbnb. “A fluffy dog with soft fur, big round eyes, floppy ears and a small stature is so high on the ‘pet cuteness’ scale that it may influence your decision to book your next Airbnb stay. “

https://rbfirehose.com/2025/04/13/temple-university-new-research-shows-a-pets-cuteness-can-significantly-influence-intentions-to-book-a-home-sharing-service-like-airbnb/

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'Limited smartphone accessibility led to reduced smartphone use, but instead of becoming less distracted, participants shifted their attention to their laptops. '

https://techxplore.com/news/2025-03-constantly-distracted-ways-procrastinate-isnt.html

Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München: Philosophy: cultural differences in exploitation of artificial agents. “People in the United States and Europe take advantage of robots significantly more often than people in Japan. The researchers suggest this difference stems from guilt: In the West, people feel remorse when they exploit another human but not when they exploit a machine. In Japan, […]

https://rbfirehose.com/2025/03/27/philosophy-cultural-differences-in-exploitation-of-artificial-agents-ludwig-maximilians-universitat-munchen/

What the DISC Personality Test Reveals About AI Models Like ChatGPT https://www.byteseu.com/854424/ #AI #AiModel #ArtificialIntelligence #assessment #chatbot #ChatGPT #company #Conflict #disc #employee #gemini #HumanBehavior #lattice #marston #OpenAI #platform #type

The Basic Laws of Human Stupidity

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Portage church giving away kits to make Christmas dinner https://www.diningandcooking.com/1954685/portage-church-giving-away-kits-to-make-christmas-dinner/ #christmas #ChristmasAppetizes #ChristmasDesserts #ChristmasDinner #ChristmasDinnerRecipes #ChristmasFood #ChristmasRecipes #ChristmasSides #culture #dinner #HumanBehavior #time

PsyPost: Hostile tweets linked to upbringing and legal troubles, study finds. “By linking official government records to the online activity of Danish Twitter users, the researchers found that individuals with numerous criminal verdicts, more time spent in foster care, better performance in primary school, and higher childhood socioeconomic status tended to be more hostile in their social […]

https://rbfirehose.com/2025/03/14/psypost-hostile-tweets-linked-to-upbringing-and-legal-troubles-study-finds/

PsyPost: Lack of TikTok self-control strongly predicts bedtime procrastination. “Is TikTok use affecting young people’s sleep? A recent study published in Acta Psychologica explored this question and uncovered an interesting link between TikTok and bedtime habits. The research showed that when teenagers and young adults experience a sense of failing to control their TikTok use, especially […]

https://rbfirehose.com/2025/03/04/psypost-lack-of-tiktok-self-control-strongly-predicts-bedtime-procrastination/

Unlocking the Mind: The Power of Evidence-Based Psychology

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University of Kansas: Study finds people prefer AI chatbots when discussing embarrassing health info — but humans when they are angry. “Many people have experienced frustration when dealing with artificial intelligence chatbots for customer support or technical assistance. New research from the University of Kansas has found when dealing with embarrassing issues, people prefer the anonymity […]

https://rbfirehose.com/2025/02/25/university-of-kansas-study-finds-people-prefer-ai-chatbots-when-discussing-embarrassing-health-info-but-humans-when-they-are-angry/

New #ComplexityThoughts is out, Issue #55 Lot of #NeuroSky and #HumanBehavior Feat. @seeslab.bsky.social and many others Post: open.substack.com/pub/manlius/... Spotify: creators.spotify.com/pod/show/com... Apple: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/c... RSS: manlius.substack.com/feed

Complexity Thoughts: Issue #55

University of Kent: People’s trust in AI systems to make moral decisions is still some way off. “Research led by Kent’s School of Psychology explored how people would perceive these advisors and if they would trust their judgement, in comparison with human advisors. It found that while artificial intelligence might have the potential to offer impartial and rational advice, people still do […]

https://rbfirehose.com/2025/02/12/university-of-kent-peoples-trust-in-ai-systems-to-make-moral-decisions-is-still-some-way-off/

The Conversation: AI datasets have human values blind spots − new research. “My colleagues and I at Purdue University have uncovered a significant imbalance in the human values embedded in AI systems. The systems were predominantly oriented toward information and utility values and less toward prosocial, well-being and civic values.”

https://rbfirehose.com/2025/02/11/the-conversation-ai-datasets-have-human-values-blind-spots-%e2%88%92-new-research/

Eye-tracking study reveals where women and men look when viewing a female butt https://www.psypost.org/eye-tracking-study-reveals-where-women-and-men-look-when-viewing-a-female-butt/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #EyeTracking #GenderDifferences #ResearchStudy #HumanBehavior #VisualAttention

New Jersey Institute of Technology: Most Facebook News Links Are Unread by Users Sharing Them, Study Finds. “What are the odds Facebook users read the news articles they end up sharing with the rest of the world? Only one in four, according to a recent study of our news sharing behavior spanning almost a full U.S. election cycle, which was published in Nature Human Behaviour.”

https://rbfirehose.com/2025/02/03/new-jersey-institute-of-technology-most-facebook-news-links-are-unread-by-users-sharing-them-study-finds/

#psychology #humanbehavior

I'm in a breakfast shop having coffee. The TV shows Faux Neues. But the people who work here look and sound Arabic. I can't place the language. I think they could be immigrants, like me.

Why would such an establishment play that particular TV channel? One that continues to illicit hostility against immigrants?

Maybe it's for the same reason they fly a flag: to blend in better and avoid hostilities.

University of Basel: Conversing with chatbots: what influences trust?. “Whether on your bank’s website or your telephone provider’s help line, interactions between humans and chatbots have become part of our daily lives. But do we trust them? And what factors influence our trust? Researchers at the University of Basel recently examined these questions.”

https://rbfirehose.com/2025/01/26/conversing-with-chatbots-what-influences-trust-university-of-basel/

UC Irvine: UC Irvine study finds mismatch between human perception and reliability of AI-assisted language tools. “A new study by cognitive and computer scientists at the University of California, Irvine finds people generally overestimate the accuracy of large language model (LLM) outputs. But with some tweaks, says lead author Mark Steyvers, cognitive sciences professor and department […]

https://rbfirehose.com/2025/01/26/uc-irvine-uc-irvine-study-finds-mismatch-between-human-perception-and-reliability-of-ai-assisted-language-tools/

A person who has been punished is not thereby simply less inclined to behave in a given way; at best, he learns how to avoid punishment.
-- B. F. Skinner

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