There is a large and growing body of evidence on the health benefits of engagement in
leisure activities (voluntary, enjoyable non-work activities, such as hobbies, arts …

Long overlooked, boredom has drawn increasing attention across multiple subfields of
psychology (including clinical, developmental, educational, cognitive, and industrial …

Positive psychology approaches have been shown to play a vital role in protecting mental
health in times of challenge and are, therefore, important to include when studying the …

Curiosity, creativity, and aesthetics are typically studied separately. The extent to which they
share psychological and neural mechanisms is not well understood, despite all being linked …

Visiting art museums is a common activity that a wide variety of people choose to engage in
for many reasons. Increasingly, communities, nations, and societies are turning to art …

The arts have long been promoted as helping people learn and care about situations and
people other than themselves. However, large-scale research on this question is sparse …

There is substantial interest among psychologists in the psychological processes of
engaging arts and humanities. Despite this, there is still a need for methodological tools to …

It is often argued that narratives improve social cognition, either by appealing to social-
cognitive abilities as we engage with the story world and its characters, or by conveying …

Throughout history, visual art has helped people feel connected to each other, experience a
deep sense of belonging to their communities, and enhance their own well-being. In recent …

This paper focuses on the opportunities and the ethical and societal risks posed by
advanced AI assistants. We define advanced AI assistants as artificial agents with natural …