Although autistic adults may establish better dyadic rapport with autistic relative to non-autistic partners, it is unclear whether this extends to group settings. The current study examined whether rapport differs between autistic groups, non-autistic groups, and mixed groups of autistic and non-autistic adults, and whether differing diagnostically from the rest of the group results in lower rapport...
The received view of scientific experimentation holds that science is characterized by experiment and experiment is characterized by active intervention on the system of interest. Although versions of this view are widely held, they have seldom been explicitly defended...
Efforts to reduce work stress among frontline health workers in India have predominantly emphasized on ‘extrinsic’ variables (e.g., financial incentives, or enhanced supervision), with little consideration of ‘intrinsic’ factors like the wellbeing...
Past experiences influence how we perceive and respond to the present. A striking example is awareness priming, in which prior conscious perception enhances visibility and discrimination of subsequent stimuli...
TOM, a global initiative under the Summer Institutes in Computational Social Science aims to advance research on how digital technologies and AI impact open-mindedness, character virtues, and polarization in diverse societies.
Led by Tom Griffiths, this project seeks to create a hub at Princeton University to support interdisciplinary research taking a comparative approach to AI and cognitive science that informs and is informed by comparative approaches to human and non-human minds.
The Center for Scholars & Storytellers will explore how adolescents use digital media to develop, express, and share their religious and spiritual identities, and how media creators may (or may not) intentionally support that development.
Christian Wiman will curate a collection of poetry and short selections of prose based on the concept of poetry as a spiritual technology — i.e., a tool for developing sensibility to deeper realities and connecting with them in daily life.
Prof. Andrew Barron at Macquarie University seeks to host a Research Hub for Diverse Intelligences (DI) in Oceania, aiming to strengthen and expand interdisciplinary research on the evolution, diversity, and societal implications of intelligence.