perceptions

A University of Waterloo study found that people struggle to differentiate between real and AI-generated images, with only 61% accuracy, prompting concerns about the reliability of visual information and the need for tools to identify AI-generated content. Credit: SciTechDaily.com Research shows survey participants duped by AI-generated images nearly 40 percent of the time.If you recently had trouble figuring out if an image of a person is real or generated through artificial intelligence (AI), you’re not alone.A new…

Expected breakdown of leadership in the event of a Biden versus Trump election win moderated by political orientation and projected moral polarization: Study 1 (United States). Credit: Group Processes & Intergroup Relations (2024). DOI: 10.1177/13684302231223896 People's feelings about how morally divided a society is in the lead-up to an election can cause them to have extreme reactions if the result doesn't go their way,…

Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain A new study by researchers at the University of Massachusetts (UMass) Lowell, San Diego State University, and Penn State Harrisburg has examined perceptions of team members who work with a U.S. program called Veterans Treatment Courts (VTCs) regarding the viability and longevity of the program. The study identified team members' expectations and hopes for the future, including the importance…

Images shown to study participants include four classrooms with features ranging from traditionally masculine to traditionally feminine. Credit: Michael Ralph, study authors The way people interact with the built environment can influence whether they feel comfortable in a space or if they feel they belong among people who gather there. However, the people who design learning spaces and those who use them might not feel the…

Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Students' knowledge and perceptions of active learning declined significantly during COVID-induced remote teaching and have not recovered to pre-pandemic levels, according to new research from Chapman University Assistant Professor Jeremy Hsu. The research was published in Active Learning in Higher Education. Hsu says the benefits of active…

Credit: CC0 Public Domain Both liberals and conservatives are more likely to believe that merit-based hiring is unfair after learning about the impacts of socioeconomic disparities, according to a study published in the Journal of Experimental Psychology: General. People from across the political spectrum also are more likely to support programs that…

Credit: CC0 Public Domain For young dads—those aged 25 or younger—sharing the news of their fatherhood may be more likely to bring raised eyebrows than congratulations. Young dads are often portrayed as irresponsible, absent or as "deadbeat dads." But our research has found that even when pregnancies are unplanned, the children of young fathers are…

Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Crime is often perceived as an urban phenomenon whereas rural life is viewed as more bucolic, but Timothy Bryan is testing these ideas. An assistant professor in the University of Toronto Mississauga Department of Sociology, Bryan analyzes how urban and rural residents perceive and imagine street safety. "Often,…

SANTA CRUZ COUNTY, Ariz. —  The border wall arches over the steep slopes of the Sonoran Desert, a vast row of brown steel slats jutting up from the rugged terrain, rippling with heat in the afternoon sun. A man dressed head to toe in camouflage and carrying an AR-style rifle huffs and puffs his way up one hill and scans the horizon.Over the radio, his comrades in Arizona Border Recon, a civilian patrol group, report finding 31 migrants near a spot where the wall abruptly ends. The remote area west of Nogales, Ariz.,…

Credit: Environmental Science & Policy (2023). DOI: 10.1016/j.envsci.2023.05.017 Floods, wildfires and other extreme weather events spurred by climate change can disrupt entire communities, turning residents' lives upside down and costing millions in property damage. Now, a University of Alberta study published in Environmental Science &…