A new machine learning algorithm, developed with U.S. Army funding, can isolate patterns in brain…
Game ‘Pre-Bunks’ Political Misinformation by Letting Players Undermine Democracy
A short online game in which players are recruited as a “Chief Disinformation Officer”, using tactics such as trolling to sabotage elections in a peaceful town, has been shown to reduce susceptibility…
Soldiers Benefit from Psychological Health Research
Army scientists developed computer-based training to help Soldiers avoid unnecessary social conflict and mitigate anger-related outcomes. Scientists at the U.S. Army Combat Capabilities Development Command’s, now referred to as DEVCOM, Army Research…
Difficult to Build a Family After Exposure to Chemical Weapons
People who have been exposed to chemical warfare agents (CWAs) feel uncertain, decades after the exposure, about their survival and ability to build a family, a University of Gothenburg study shows. Women…
Player Behavior in the Online Game EVE Online May Reflect Real World Country
Virtual worlds may reflect social and economic behavior in the real world, according to a study published October 21, 2020 in PLOS ONE by Andres M. Belaza and colleagues from Ghent University,…
Seeing No Longer Believing: the Manipulation of Online Images
A peace sign from Martin Luther King, Jr, becomes a rude gesture; President Donald Trump’s inauguration crowd scenes inflated; dolphins in Venice’s Grand Canal; and crocodiles on the streets of flooded Townsville…
