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Every post filed under Psychology on the webridgeAI blog: the psychology, neuroscience and engineering of AI systems.

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PsychologyOct 14, 2026
AI sycophancy: why chatbots agree with you, and what it costs a business
Ask an assistant whether your plan is good and it tends to say yes. A Stanford study in Science measured how much: eleven models affirmed people's actions 49 percent more often than people did, and users trusted them more for it. Why training produces it, why nobody notices, and how to build a system that says no.
Anas Siddiqui9 min read
PsychologySep 30, 2026
The 200 millisecond gap: what conversation science asks of voice AI
In ordinary conversation the silence between one speaker and the next is about a fifth of a second. That number, and the research behind it, explains why a voice agent can say the right thing and still feel wrong.
Anas Siddiqui7 min read
PsychologySep 21, 2026
Algorithm aversion: why people abandon AI after one mistake
People forgive a colleague's error and remember a machine's. The research on algorithm aversion explains why a system that outperforms the old way can still be dropped after one visible mistake, and what makes a team keep using it.
Anas Siddiqui7 min read