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Covering cancer research for @NIH. Always making time for fun and healthy eats! Views are my own.
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Seeking Empathy in the Age of AI

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By Linda Wang
| Association for Psychological Science Verified
Defining empathy • The AI advantage • Wisdom of the crowd • The AI penalty • The risks of frictionless support • Supporting human relationships Quick Take AI can generate responses that people experience as empathic, even though it cannot feel another person’s pain. The rise of AI is forcing psychologists to clarify what empathy means: understanding, emotional sharing, compassion, validation, or simply helping someone feel heard.
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UCLA scientists bring real-world experiences — and pop culture — into LA classrooms

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By Linda Wang
| UCLA Newsroom Verified
For many high school students, the term “scientist” conjures someone who doesn’t look like them or share their background. The UCLA Broad Stem Cell Research Center High School Outreach Program sets out to change that, bringing young researchers directly into classrooms for hands-on, interactive presentations.
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Our brains may be automatically filtering out negative words

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By Linda Wang, Robert Egan Verified
| Medical Xpress Verified
Credit: Image generated by the editorial team using AI for illustrative purposes. We tend to assume that emotionally charged words are more likely to grab our attention. An insult shouted across a crowded room or a disturbing phrase overheard on television can seem impossible to ignore. But a new study published in Psychological Science suggests the opposite may happen before words reach conscious awareness.
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