Amira A
ackermanna.bsky.social
Amira A
@ackermanna.bsky.social
BSc Psychology student at University of East london and part time Learning support assistant SEND
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#Selflove is one of the most important ideas we can cultivate into our lives. The gateway to choosing yourself begins with #compassion.

www.compassioninstitute.com

#health #mentalhealth #anxiety #depression #genz #millenial #empathy #kindness #psychology

VC: Thank you to Tashi for sharing.
May 8, 2025 at 10:35 PM
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The psychology behind lifelong friendships: five tips on making and retaining strong connections:
open.substack.com/pub/lemonhel...
#friendship #happiness
The psychology behind lifelong friendships: five tips on making and retaining strong connections
Finding common interests beyond the initial attraction
open.substack.com
May 8, 2025 at 10:41 PM
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Research into how AI companionship can affect individuals and society has been lacking. Nature reports how psychologists and communication researchers have now started to build a picture of how these increasingly sophisticated AI interactions make people feel and behave. 🧪
Supportive? Addictive? Abusive? How AI companions affect our mental health
Studies suggest benefits as well as harms from digital companion apps — but scientists worry about long-term dependency.
go.nature.com
May 8, 2025 at 10:36 PM
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Newly Published:

Azzopardi et al.’s study looks at how common loneliness is among people in Malta aged 11 and older then compares the findings to a 2019 study to see how it has changed since the COVID-19 pandemic.
doi.org/10.1177/0265...

#AcademicSky #Psychology #ResearchPublishing
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May 2, 2025 at 1:39 PM
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📈New research reveals how emotions from social comparisons impact motivation. Benign envy and feeling happy for others promote effort, while malicious envy and schadenfreude lead to disengagement.

Read more in Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin: ow.ly/RyYj50VLYwO
May 2, 2025 at 11:53 PM
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In our new paper, we show that adolescents give *less* moral value to farmed animals than adults. (The opposite is true for smaller children.) Probably, it is a way for juveniles to make sense of the animal treatment in society. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
#socialpsyc #philsky #moralPhil
How Should We Treat Farmed Animals? Adolescents Are More Speciesist Than Adults
Adults engage in psychological processes (including species-based categorisation and post-hoc reasoning) that result in ascribing high moral value to some animals while eating others. Do adolescents ...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
May 6, 2025 at 11:19 AM
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February 12, 2024 at 11:12 AM
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Zuckerberg really doesn’t understand human psychology. People need real people for friendships, intimacy and healthy development! www.wsj.com/tech/ai/mark...
Zuckerberg’s Grand Vision: Most of Your Friends Will Be AI
Meta’s CEO is promoting a future where artificial intelligence is increasingly intertwined with people’s lives.
www.wsj.com
May 8, 2025 at 12:32 AM
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Wise words from Carl Jung.
May 6, 2025 at 12:45 PM