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Source summaryPublication date: Available online 5 September 2026 Source: Computers in Human Behavior: Artificial Humans Author(s): Cilia Ricarda Rücker, Sebastian Becker-Genschow
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Source summaryPublication date: Available online 4 September 2026 Source: Computers in Human Behavior Reports Author(s): Qi Zhang, Yi Ding, Xiaomeng Hu
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Source summaryWith the use of AI, modern writing-assistants can offer users recommendations on more subjective, socially relevant communication style aspects like emotional tone. While these recommendations commonly aim to affect interpersonal interaction outcomes, user acceptance determines the recommendations’ actual impact on the resulting messages and potential downstream effects on message recipients. The…
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Source summaryThe global mental health crisis has driven the rise of apps using conversational agents (CAs) to complement or replace human professional support. Offline, the success of such interventions often depends on the relationship between the help-seeker and the support provider. Online, psychological processes elicited by specific app features relating to the CA and its unique story design might play a…
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Source summaryThis study investigates perceptions of AI-generated profile pictures and how disclosure of AI use shapes impressions. In a preregistered experiment, U.S. adults (N = 817; ages 18–99, M = 47.83, SD = 18.79; 48% men and 50% women) evaluated what they were told were social media profile pictures. The 2 × 2 factorial design varied whether images, all with a professional headshot style, were…
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Source summaryNature Human Behaviour, Published online: 03 September 2026; doi:10.1038/s41562-026-02588-0 Author Correction: On the conversational persuasiveness of GPT-4
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Source summaryNature Human Behaviour, Published online: 03 September 2026; doi:10.1038/s41562-026-02569-3 People can form emotional bonds with AI companions. Using two AI product updates as natural experiments and combining with survey evidence, De Freitas et al. show that changes to AI companions can elicit attachment-related loss and restoration desires.
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Source summaryPublication date: Available online 2 September 2026 Source: Computers in Human Behavior Author(s): Felix Kares, Timo Speith, Hanwei Zhang, Markus Langer
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Source summaryPublication date: Available online 2 September 2026 Source: Computers in Human Behavior Reports Author(s): Faisal Feroz, Jonas R. Kunst
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Source summaryBackground: In recent years, innovations in generative AI, in particular large language models (LLMs) in the form of AI chatbots, have found their way to the general public. First studies indicate a growing prevalence of individuals talking to AI chatbots about mental health–related topics; yet, knowledge of how, why, and which individuals are using these AI chatbots for their mental health is…
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