Do I like it because it is beautiful, or is it beautiful because I like it?
A study investigates factors influencing the aesthetic appreciation of art.
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Dreams to file
The Somnieve database will make it possible to explore new hypotheses about the dream experience.
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Even monkeys (and not only) decide as we do
One strand of research investigates cognitive biases such as the 'decoy effect' in animals.
Mind and Brain
Will artificial intelligence be the 'lie detector' of the future?
AI recognises lies through language analysis better than humans.
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Can 'intellectual humility' help medicine?
A research project studies interventions to foster communication between doctors and patients and improve health policies.
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Rationality Pills #4 - Experts are (not) always right
How do we decide whom to trust? The philosophy of science tries to answer.
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Rationality Pills #3 - Being better on social media
Here are some 'tricks' from the research to experience virtual environments more serenely.
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Rationality Pills #2 - Can science tell us right or wrong?
This is how morality is studied in the laboratory.
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Rationality Pills #1 - What is nudge?
The MInD research group at Scuola IMT studies both the theory and practice of human reasoning.
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Four easy lessons on the brain
A video popularisation project puts neuroscience within everyone's reach.
Mind and BrainSociety
Learning through games: what is playful teaching
Research increasingly sees play as a tool to innovate teaching and stimulate learning.
Mind and Brain
Technostress, when the use of technology at work becomes a problem
A group at the IMT School studies this form of psychophysical discomfort, and designs interventions to prevent and reduce it.
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