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How an eye physician who translated classical Greek medicine into Arabic helped form Western medical thought

A medieval ophthalmologist who translated Greek works by Galen, Hippocrates, and Plato into Arabic played a pivotal role in shaping Western medical scholarship, according to a study published in the journal Cogent Arts and Humanities.This […]

By age 7, most children quickly spot individuals’ social biases toward social groups, study finds

Most elementary school-aged children have a surprising cognitive ability: they can detect—nearly as well as adults—when someone treats people from one social group differently than another. The study, “Children’s and adults’ detection of social biases,” […]

Analysis finds geometric thinking may come from wandering, not a human-only math module

Debates over how geometry is understood and learned date back at least to the days of Plato, with more recent scholars concluding that only humans possess the foundations of this understanding. However, a new analysis […]

Alignment during conversations is highly situation-dependent, study finds

When people are talking, they can start to unconsciously mirror each other, for instance, in the words they use, their sentence structures and even hand gestures. This tendency to mirror others can lead to smoother […]

Humor helps older adults navigate aging, research suggests

Humor plays a vital role in helping older adults cope with the challenges of aging and staying socially connected, according to new research.This article is brought to you by Phys.Org.

Do narcissists ruin relationships over time? A six-year study suggests a more complex pattern

New research from Michigan State University challenges the popular assumption that narcissists gradually damage their relationships over time.This article is brought to you by Phys.Org.

Rudeness may be rewarded—as a response to rudeness

If you don’t have anything nice to say, perhaps it’s OK to say it anyway—if responding to someone who has treated you or your team rudely, new Cornell research suggests. Civil responses to disrespectful behavior […]

AI’s fluency in other languages hides a Western worldview that can mislead users

A friend in Indonesia recently told me about a conversation he had with ChatGPT. He had typed a question in Indonesian—Bahasa Indonesia—about how to handle a difficult family dispute. The chatbot responded fluently, in perfect […]

Going from serving the nation to serving a prison sentence

As Australia faces renewed strategic tension and the heightened prospect of conflict abroad, new Flinders University research warns that many veterans and their families—the very people relied upon to protect the nation—are being failed long […]

Study suggests people are losing 338 spoken words every year and have been for at least 15 years

In a society increasingly shaped by self-checkouts, GPS navigation and touchscreen ordering kiosks, new research shows face-to-face conversation may be quietly fading. A new study published in Perspectives on Psychological Science suggests that people are […]