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YOUNG PEOPLE’S SELF-MAKING IN NEOLIBERAL CAPITALISM: CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES
Aug. 2025 This paper charts the development of young people’s self-making in neoliberal capitalism, specifying relationships between...


HALLUCINATING WITH AI: AI PSYCHOSIS AS DISTRIBUTED DELUSIONS
Aug. 2025 There is much discussion of the false outputs that generative AI systems such as ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, DeepSeek, and Grok...


LEVERAGING GENERATIVE AI TO SIMULATE MENTAL HEALTHCARE ACCESS AND UTILIZATION
Aug., 2025 Purpose This article examines how generative artificial intelligence (AI) can simulate, analyze, and enhance mental health...


ANXIOUS? DEPRESSED? YOU MIGHT BE SUFFERING FROM CAPITALISM: CONTRADICTORY CLASS LOCATIONS AND THE PREVALENCE OF DEPRESSION AND ANXIETY IN THE UNITED STATES
Aug. 2015 Despite a well-established social gradient for many mental disorders, evidence suggests that individuals near the middle of the...


THE NEUROMARKETING: BRIDGING NEUROSCIENCE AND MARKETING FOR ENHANCED CONSUMER ENGAGEMENT
Aug. 26, 2025 This review paper examines the influence of neuromarketing on consumer behavior research, emphasizing its origins,...


MENTAL HEALTH IN THE “ERA” OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE: TECHNOSTRESS AND THE PERCEIVED IMPACT ON ANXIETY AND DEPRESSIVE DISORDERS—AN SEM ANALYSIS
Aug. 26, 2025 Introduction The aim of the current study is to analyze the relationship between mental health and the accelerated...


EFFECTS OF SOCIAL EXCLUSION ON COGNITIVE PROCESSES: ANTICIPATED ALONENESS REDUCES INTELLIGENT THOUGHT.
Aug. 26, 2025 Three studies examined the effects of randomly assigned messages of social exclusion. In all 3 studies, significant and...


OUT OF THE GROUP, OUT OF CONTROL? THE BRAIN RESPONDS TO SOCIAL EXCLUSION WITH CHANGES IN COGNITIVE CONTROL
Aug. 26, 2025 The effects of social exclusion are far-reaching, both on an emotional and behavioral level. The present study investigates...


TOWARDS PERSONALIZED HUMAN AI INTERACTION - ADAPTING THE BEHAVIOR OF AI AGENTS USING NEURAL SIGNATURES OF SUBJECTIVE INTEREST
Aug. 26, 2025 Reinforcement Learning AI commonly uses reward/penalty signals that are objective and explicit in an environment -- e.g....


EXPLORING AUTOMATION BIAS IN HUMAN–AI COLLABORATION: A REVIEW AND IMPLICATIONS FOR EXPLAINABLE AI
Aug. 26, 2025 As Artificial Intelligence (AI) becomes increasingly embedded in high-stakes domains such as healthcare, law, and public...


ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE AND HUMAN DECISION MAKING: EXPLORING SIMILARITIES IN COGNITIVE BIAS
Aug. 26, 2025 This research explores the extent to which Artificial Personas (APs) generated by Large Language Models (LLMs), like...


EXAMINING THE MENTAL HEALTH IMPACT OF MISINFORMATION ON SOCIAL MEDIA USING A HYBRID TRANSFORMER-BASED APPROACH
Aug. 26, 2025 Social media has significantly reshaped interpersonal communication, fostering connectivity while also enabling the...


COLONIALISM IN THE NEW DIGITAL HEALTH AGENDA
Aug. 26, 2025 The advancement of digital technologies has stimulated immense excitement about the possibilities of transforming...


GENERATIVE ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE AND THE RISK OF TECHNODIGITAL COLONIALISM
Aug. 26, 2025 The use of Generative Artificial Intelligence has raised concerns related to plagiarism in scientific contexts. However,...


SPENDCEPTION: THE PSYCHOLOGICAL IMPACT OF DIGITAL PAYMENTS ON CONSUMER PURCHASE BEHAVIOR AND IMPULSE BUYING
Aug. 26, 2025 This study introduces a novel construct, Spendception, which conceptualizes the psychological impact of digital payment...


HOARDING KNOWLEDGE OR HOARDING STRESS? INVESTIGATING THE LINK BETWEEN DIGITAL HOARDING AND COGNITIVE FAILURES AMONG CHINESE COLLEGE STUDENTS
Aug. 26, 2025 Introduction Digital hoarding is defined as the persistent accumulation of digital content and an unwillingness to delete...


THE ROLE OF AI IN PEER SUPPORT FOR YOUNG PEOPLE: A STUDY OF PREFERENCES FOR HUMAN- AND AI-GENERATED RESPONSES
Aug. 26, 2025 Generative Artificial Intelligence (AI) is integrated into everyday technology, including news, education, and social...


STRESS BYTES: DECODING THE ASSOCIATIONS BETWEEN INTERNET USE AND PERCEIVED STRESS
Aug. 26, 2025 In today's digital era, internet plays a pervasive role in our lives, influencing everyday activities such as...


NAVIGATING THE DIGITAL MAZE: A REVIEW OF AI BIAS, SOCIAL MEDIA, AND MENTAL HEALTH IN GENERATION Z
Aug. 26, 2025 The rapid adoption of artificial intelligence (AI) within social media platforms has fundamentally transformed the way...


AI AND NEUROMARKETING – UNDERSTANDING CONSUMER DECISION MAKING WITH ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE – SYSTEMATIC REVIEW
Aug. 26, 2025 Neuromarketing studies human behavior through artificial intelligence (AI) technologies, which allow scientists to use...
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