Survey finds young adults vacillate between feelings of loneliness and connection as they establish themselves. Researchers found evidence to push back on depressing narratives.

Alcohol, cocaine use, and cigarette use are positively correlated with problematic pornography use (PPU), though studies saw no significant correlation between use of other substances and PPU, finds scoping review. 

The results show that students found a hypothetical professor who publicly acknowledged feelings of being an impostor to be less hirable than an equally accomplished faculty member who did not make the same disclosure. The findings have implications for faculty development and retention strategies as well as mentorship activities with students. They could also apply to leaders working in many capacities as they aim to demonstrate vulnerability in the name of building trust within their teams. The research was published in Scholarship of Teaching and Learning in Psychology.

Large language models such as GPT-5 and Llama systematically rate speakers of German dialects less favorably than those using Standard German. This is shown by a recent collaborative study. The results show that all tested AI systems reproduce social stereotypes.

A Dartmouth study finds that AI can deliver educational support that meets the individual needs of large numbers of students. The researchers are among the first to report that students may put more trust in platforms programmed to pull answers from only curated expert sources, but also highlight challenges educators may face in implementing generative AI chatbots.