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psychologytoday.com > za > blog > the-future-of-intimacy > 202609 > psychology-is-preparing-for-yesterdays-ai

Psychology Is Preparing for Yesterday's AI

3+ day, 12+ hour ago   (237+ words) Posted September 9, 2026 | Reviewed by Monica Vilhauer Ph.D. Ten years from now, it is difficult to fathom what the world of therapy will look like. Even five years from now, we are expected to see another major disruption: AI agents. Agents…...

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psychologytoday.com > us > blog > fulfillment-at-any-age > 202609 > could-tweaking-your-personality-help-save-your-memory > amp

Could Tweaking Your Personality Help Save Your Memory?

4+ day, 16+ hour ago   (421+ words) Posted September 8, 2026 | Reviewed by Devon Frye As it turns out, new research by University of Montpelier’s Yannick Stephan and colleagues (2026) suggests that memory is not only a modifiable ability, but one that can have surprising links to what seems like…...

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AI Behavior Impacted by Internal Confidence Levels | Psychology Today United Kingdom

4+ day, 18+ hour ago   (291+ words) Posted September 8, 2026 | Reviewed by Kaja Perina Metacognition was largely introduced in the 1970s. American developmental psychologist and Stanford Professor James H. Flavell (1928-2025) coined the term “metacognition” in 1979 as “knowledge and cognition about cognitive phenomena.” Since then, the term metacognition has been more…...

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psychologytoday.com > us > blog > unlocking-language > 202609 > ban-on-students-ai-use-and-the-bigger-problem-facing-us-all

Ban on Students' AI Use and the Bigger Problem Facing Us All

5+ day, 18+ hour ago   (723+ words) Posted September 7, 2026 | Reviewed by Jessica Schrader New York City just hit pause on students' use of AI. Will other districts follow suit? And should they? The answer may impact all of us far into the future, as I explain below....

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psychologytoday.com > sg > blog > urban-survival > 202608 > the-shadow-artificial-third-ai-use-in-therapy

The Shadow Artificial Third: AI Use in Therapy

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (520+ words) Updated September 2, 2026 | Reviewed by Gary Drevitch “What is originality, after all, but the shape that results from the natural impulse to communicate to others that feeling of freedom, that unconstrained joy?”― Haruki Murakami, Novelist as a Vocation "I would be…...

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psychologytoday.com > ca > blog > evidence-based-living > 202609 > how-to-change-the-minds-of-conspiracy-theory-believers

How to Change the Minds of Conspiracy Theory Believers

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (568+ words) Posted September 2, 2026 | Reviewed by Lybi Ma In today’s fast-paced information culture, ideas spread within minutes. In many cases, this is great news. For example, digital networks can help to raise millions of dollars for disaster victims faster than ever before....

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How to Change the Minds of Conspiracy Theory Believers | Psychology Today Australia

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (568+ words) Posted September 2, 2026 | Reviewed by Lybi Ma In today’s fast-paced information culture, ideas spread within minutes. In many cases, this is great news. For example, digital networks can help to raise millions of dollars for disaster victims faster than ever before....

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psychologytoday.com > us > blog > minds-at-war > 202609 > pretend-empathy-is-now-a-product

Pretend Empathy Is Now a Product

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (335+ words) Posted September 2, 2026 | Reviewed by Lybi Ma Psychiatry once promised to heal the soul. Then came the 15-minute appointment, the prescription pad, and eventually the AI chatbot—and the soul became a friction the system could not afford. I spent some…...

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psychologytoday.com > us > blog > the-digital-self > 202609 > when-thought-loses-its-address

When Thought Loses Its Address

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (547+ words) Posted September 2, 2026 | Reviewed by Kaja Perina But there's more and worth a closer look. On mathematical problems with objectively correct answers, LLM interactions tended to improve "collective" accuracy. In other words, the correct agents exerted greater influence than incorrect ones....

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How to Change the Minds of Conspiracy Theory Believers | Psychology Today New Zealand

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (568+ words) Posted September 2, 2026 | Reviewed by Lybi Ma In today’s fast-paced information culture, ideas spread within minutes. In many cases, this is great news. For example, digital networks can help to raise millions of dollars for disaster victims faster than ever before....