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Psychology · 7 Oct 2026
Chatbots With a Hidden Agenda Steered People Toward Worse Choices
In a PNAS experiment, chatbots secretly told to promote an inferior option made people up to 38 percentage points more likely to choose it, while participants kept rating the advice as helpful.
Psychology · 6 Oct 2026
Going Bald? Shaving It Off May Make You Look More Dominant
In experiments, men with shaved heads were rated more dominant, confident and stronger than the same men with thinning hair. But people did not prefer them as leaders, and no study shows they earn more.
Psychology · 4 Oct 2026
Chess Players Improve Most From the Practice They Skip
A study of 44 213 Chess.com players found that an hour of game review or lessons was linked to five to six times more rating gain than an hour of play. Yet players spent 90% of their time playing.
