Archive: Psychology

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COVID-Era School Closures Have Lingering Impacts On Children’s Development, Georgetown Doctoral Researcher Finds

Anna Wright’s (G’23, G’26) research discovered how pandemic-related schooling interruptions have affected children’s learning and.…

July 29, 2026

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AI Is Creative. But Can It Replace Human Creativity? Maybe Only If We Let It.

Adam Green, a neuroscientist and psychology professor, explores how AI affects human creativity and what you can do to protect your creative.…

July 27, 2026

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Is AI Killing Our Creativity?

Research by Professor Adam Green shows what relying on artificial intelligence may be doing to people's brains and the skills they could lose if they become over-dependent on the…

July 24, 2026

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America’s 250th: The Best U.S. History Books, According to College Faculty

Professors in history, government, English, performing arts, psychology and other fields offer their recommendations on books to read…

June 30, 2026

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Screens Are Virtually Inescapable. What Are They Doing to Our Health?

Horizons from PBS News moderator William Brangham explores what we know and don’t know with researchers Georgetown's Kostadin Kushlev and Northwestern's Courtney K..…

June 26, 2026

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Summer Challenge: Put Your Phone Away for Better Sleep

Place your phone out of arm’s reach, so you’d have to leave your bed to get it, said Kostadin Kushlev, an associate professor of psychology at Georgetown who runs the Happy Tech…

June 11, 2026

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Want to ‘Optimize’ Your Happiness? This Happiness Expert Says: Don’t.

Laurie Santos cites Kostadin Kushlev, an associate professor of psychology in the College of Arts & Sciences, and his research in an interview with The New York.…

June 1, 2026

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What 370,000 College Essays Tell Us About A.I.’s Effects on Creativity

For the past eight years, Georgetown University neuroscientist Adam Green has been leading a national research team tracking the range of novel ideas that college-bound high…

May 27, 2026

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How Gen Z Is Helping To Drive a Digital Detox Boom

The digital detox movement is gaining popularity, driven by grassroots efforts to limit screen time and a broader push among Gen Zers to switch off their.…

April 24, 2026

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This Detox May Erase 10 Years of Social Media Brain Damage, Researchers Say

“All of us have a somewhat unhealthy relationship with our phones,” said Kostadin Kushlev, an associate professor of psychology at Georgetown.…

April 9, 2026