Research Roundup

Trust in the Federal Government Makes People Less Likely to Help One Another, Study Finds

But trust in local interventions boosts civic engagement.

Mar 16 • Devon

Video Version: Outraged Language Makes Posts Go Viral, But Doesn't Inspire Action

Mar 11 • Devon

Moral Outrage Makes Posts Go Viral, but Positive Messaging Gets Results

What the latest social science has to say on digital engagement, the framing of political messages, and their impact on real-world action.

Feb 16 • Devon

Video version: Brains don't "finish developing" at age 25. Or 30. Or ever.

Plus: ranking hypnosis kink tropes!

Dec 15, 2025 • Devon

We Can't Keep Making "Adulthood" a Narrower and Narrower Category

Your personhood isn't determined by an MRI scan.

Dec 8, 2025 • Devon

Video Version: There is no evidence that AI causes brain damage.

Don’t have the time or mental energy to read my latest piece on the research linking AI use to ‘cognitive decline’?

Jun 25, 2025 • Devon

There is no evidence that AI causes brain damage. (Not yet anyway.)

Unpacking the viral, un-peer-reviewed study on LLM use and brain function.

Jun 24, 2025 • Devon

Maybe You’ll Never be Happy. But You Can Be Interested.

Finding meaning in an ordinarily unhappy life.

Jun 9, 2025 • Devon

Video Version: Wait is shame just a lack of power?

Here is the video version of my latest piece, in which I read the piece aloud to you and provide descriptions of all images and major links.

May 29, 2025 • Devon

Wait a second, is shame just a lack of power?

When you recognize that you don't have status or influence, it affects your self-concept -- and your social behavior.

May 28, 2025 • Devon

'The Telepathy Tapes' is Dangerous, Unscientific Nonsense that Promotes a Widely Discredited "Communication Method" Used to Abuse Autistic…

Facilitated Communication is bunk, with many facilitators having used it to put words in the mouths of children. This massively popular podcast is just…

Mar 5, 2025 • Devon

A Massive Study of 16,000 Participants in 23 Countries Finds People Are More Prejudiced Against Trans Women Than Trans Men

Are we ready to take transmisogyny seriously yet??

Nov 15, 2024 • Devon

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