Conversational AI is already shaping how people regulate emotion and prepare for difficult conversations. Research suggests it can support recalibration—but not replace human judgment.

Learning a new language is easy. Mastering it is hard. For those who pursue the goal to converse in a foreign tongue, there are a plethora of courses, apps, classes, and other ways to learn. However, ...

PhD Candidate in Brain and Cognitive Sciences, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Kyle Mahowald receives funding from NSF. Evelina Fedorenko receives funding from NIH. Joshua B. Tenenbaum ...

When you read a sentence like this one, your past experience tells you that it’s written by a thinking, feeling human. And, in this case, there is indeed a human typing these words: [Hi, there!] But ...

Words can have a powerful effect on people, even when they're generated by an unthinking machine. iStock via Getty Images When you read a sentence like this one, your past experience tells you that it ...