A sample of articles on machine learning and measurement errors, executive function development, negative academic experiences, colorism in Asia, a meta-analytic investigation about the HEXACO model of personality, the use of tools and the human mind, and birthing consciousness as an altered state of consciousness. More
A sample of research on mate preferences across countries, preference biases in candidate selection, cue visibility and task switching, and persuasion by nonhuman artificial agents. More
Our recent research indicates that patients are reluctant to use health care provided by medical artificial intelligence even when it outperforms human doctors. Why? Because patients believe that their medical needs are unique and cannot be adequately addressed by algorithms. To realize the many advantages and cost savings that medical More
An artificial intelligence hiring system has become a powerful gatekeeper for some of America’s most prominent employers, reshaping how companies assess their workforce — and how prospective employees prove their worth. … But Lisa Feldman Barrett, a neuroscientist who studies emotion, said she is “strongly skeptical” that the system can More
The strategies children use to search for rewards in their environment could be used to create more sophisticated forms of artificial intelligence. More
Last July, I went to the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), the blue-sky government research lab that helped to invent the computer and the internet. I was there, strange as it may seem, to talk about babies. The latest big DARPA research project, Machine Common Sense, is funding collaborations More
