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In an age where our attention is considered a new currency, a constant barrage of distractions make focusing on what’s important to us an endless challenge. Finding Focus, a new mobile app developed by a collaborative team of researchers from UC Santa Barbara and The University of Texas at Austin, operates on the premise that,

A man laying down inside one of Lucid Therapeutics five treatment rooms at its newest location at 331 N. Milpas St. (courtesy photo) For nearly two decades, Dr. Remi Drozd spent his life healing people’s physical pain as an emergency room physician on the East Coast. And while it brought him joy, it also left

When you decided to read the Science & Tech section of the Daily Nexus today, was it really a choice? Or is this action, and every action you have ever taken, predetermined? Hard determinists would say you never had a choice against this fate. Hard determinism is the concept that humans do not have free

With best practices, high replicability is achievable in social-behavior sciences research, researchers report.

Roughly two decades ago, a community-wide reckoning emerged concerning the credibility of published literature in the social-behavioral sciences, especially psychology. Several large scale studies attempted to reproduce previously published findings to no avail or to a much lesser magnitude, sending the credibility of the findings -; and future studies in social-behavioral sciences -; into question.

Four groups in the field of experimental psychology successfully replicate each other’s work by following best practices. Four groups in the field of experimental psychology successfully replicate each other’s work by following best practices.

In a six year study, labs at UC Santa Barbara, UC Berkeley, Stanford and U of Virginia, discovered and replicated 16 novel findings in social-behavioral studies using the best available research practices. Their findings suggest that with best practices, high replicability is achievable.

Amid the mist and suds, a good shower can relax not only your body but also your mind, unleashing streams of consciousness, clarity and creativity.

Discover some of the latest disruptive and groundbreaking ideas on human consciousness NOVATO, Calif., June 07, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The Institute...

Channeling Thomas Edison and Salvador Dalí, researchers show that shaping dream imagery could spark creative ideas to target a specific problem