SELF & SOCIETY

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POLARIZATION

Countering Global Political Polarization
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ANTHROPOLOGY

Indigenous Ancestry and Slave Trade Influences in South Africa
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Growing Up in a Happy Home Might Still Lead to Narcissism in Young Adulthood, Study Finds 

by Alex Russell

A new study finds that experiences in the home growing up, even warm parenting, can drive different types of narcissism in young adulthood.

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MEDIA

Hacking Media Choices for Better Mental Health

New research in communication documents how college students choose media, suggesting that different choices could improve mental health.
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PSYCHOLOGY

How Does the Human Brain Help Us Navigate?

Researchers at the Center for Mind and Brain are partnering with epilepsy patients to understand how the brain navigates from the neurons up.
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MISINFORMATION

The Costs of Fake AI Images and Misinformation

New research in communication shows us the limits and costs of dealing with AI slop and misinformation with constant skepticism.

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PSYCHOLOGY

New Research Explores and Explains the Insula

How this little-known brain structure shapes sensation, emotion, and consciousness.

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How Will AI Affect Social Inequality?

  • by Neelanjana Gautam
Recently, the UC Davis Center for Poverty and Inequality Research convened a crosssector conference to examine the current impacts of AI in our lives — and how researchers, policymakers and industry leaders can respond.
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The Dangers of Remembering in the New Syria

  • by Keith David Watenpaugh
Keith David Watenpaugh, professor of human rights studies at UC Davis, traveled to Idlib, Syria, in the wake of civil war and shares how the nation can embrace the inherent differences of its peoples and build a successful society.

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