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The psychology experiment that went too far

The Stanford Prison Experiment started as a study on power and behavior, but quickly became one of the most disturbing and ...
The New York Times

Scientists Use A.I. to Mimic the Mind, Warts and All

To better understand human cognition, scientists trained a large language model on 10 million psychology experiment questions. It now answers questions much like we do. By Carl Zimmer Companies like ...

In 1971, volunteers entered a mock prison basement and sparked one of psychology’s biggest debates

The Stanford Prison Experiment, conducted in 1971, serves as a pivotal case study in understanding the effects of authority and social roles on behavior. Once regarded as irrefutable evidence of the ...
Medical Xpress

New AI tool identifies factors that predict the reproducibility of psychology research

The replication success of scientific research is linked to research methods, citation impact and social media coverage—but not university prestige or citation numbers—according to a new study ...