One strand of research investigates cognitive biases such as the 'decoy effect' in animals.
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Will artificial intelligence be the 'lie detector' of the future?
AI recognises lies through language analysis better than humans.
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Can 'intellectual humility' help medicine?
A research project studies interventions to foster communication between doctors and patients and improve health policies.
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Rationality Pills #4 - Experts are (not) always right
How do we decide whom to trust? The philosophy of science tries to answer.
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Rationality Pills #3 - Being better on social media
Here are some 'tricks' from the research to experience virtual environments more serenely.
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Rationality Pills #2 - Can science tell us right or wrong?
This is how morality is studied in the laboratory.
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Rationality Pills #1 - What is nudge?
The MInD research group at Scuola IMT studies both the theory and practice of human reasoning.
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Four easy lessons on the brain
A video popularisation project puts neuroscience within everyone's reach.
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Learning through games: what is playful teaching
Research increasingly sees play as a tool to innovate teaching and stimulate learning.
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Technostress, when the use of technology at work becomes a problem
A group at the IMT School studies this form of psychophysical discomfort, and designs interventions to prevent and reduce it.
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Vaccines: trusting experts is not the same as listening to them
A study confirms that the public trusts science but needs to be listened to.
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How has the Italiansā€™ mental health changed after the lockdown?
Women and young people are the most at risk of psychological distress in the post-lockdown period.
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