In human neuroimaging studies of Pac-Man gameplay, the periaqueductal gray activates intensely when the player faces imminent capture by an in-game ghost enemy

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In rodent laboratory conditioning models, rats trained to press a lever for cocaine resume lever-pressing behavior upon receiving a painful foot shock after behavioral extinction

In rodent laboratory studies, chocolate consumption increases dopamine firing by 55 percent above baseline

In rodent laboratory studies, sexual activity increases dopamine firing by 100 percent above baseline

In rodent laboratory studies, nicotine consumption increases dopamine firing by 150 percent above baseline

In rodent laboratory studies, methamphetamine administration increases dopamine firing by 1,000 percent above baseline

In a laboratory experiment, fenugreek encapsulated approximately 80 to 85 percent of microplastics present in water

In a study evaluating recorded partner conversations, participants with positive world beliefs rated their partner as more supportive than objective observers or the partner did

In Paul Eastwick's speed dating studies, men accepted second dates with approximately 50 percent of the women they met

In Paul Eastwick's speed dating studies, women accepted second dates with approximately 35 percent of the men they met

Reducing the prevalence of politically like-minded content in user feeds during the 2020 US presidential election had no measurable effect on affective polarization, ideological extremity, candidate evaluations, or belief in false claims

Experimental algorithmic modifications across a three-month period during the 2020 US election produced no detectable changes in participants' political attitudes

Researchers in the 2020 Facebook and Instagram Election Research Study implemented experimental conditions testing reverse-chronological feeds, the removal of reshared content, and reductions in politically like-minded content

A five-year randomized hail-suppression study conducted in Switzerland demonstrated that cloud seeding caused no statistically significant reduction in hailstone size or damage

The euglycemic-hyperinsulinemic clamp technique serves as the standard research methodology for measuring insulin resistance in laboratory settings

Research co-authored by Ethan Mollick demonstrated that AI systems individually produce less diverse ideas than groups of humans working independently

A research study cited by Ethan Mollick indicated that 60 percent of surveyed students admitted using AI, while the same students estimated that 90 percent of their peers used AI

In a field experiment led by a Wharton School researcher involving nearly 1,000 Turkish high school math students, participants were assigned either standard GPT-4 or GPT Tutor

A study of seminarians found that those in a hurry were less likely to help a person in need

The seminarians in the study were less likely to help someone even after a lecture on the Good Samaritan

Even highly advanced future AI models will still need to run experiments to make discoveries about the physical world