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Dr. Marlynn Wei M.D., J.D.

About

Marlynn Wei, M.D., J.D. is a board-certified Harvard and Yale-trained psychiatrist, author, certified yoga teacher, and speaker on mindfulness and resilience. She is an expert contributor for The Huffington Post and Harvard Health and is the author of The Harvard Medical School Guide to Yoga. She integrates the healing power of yoga, meditation, exercise, and nutrition in her holistic private practice in New York City. Dr. Wei works with clients on stress reduction, buidling resilience, improving self-esteem, relationships, and career development.

Wei is the recipient of the Anne Alonso psychotherapy award from Harvard Medical School's Massachusetts General Hospital. She received her M.D. from the Yale School of Medicine and J.D. from Yale Law School. She has served as senior editor for the Yale Law Journal, editor of theYale Journal of Health Policy, Law, and Ethics, and Harvard Review of Psychiatry. She is a member of the Massachusetts Bar Association.

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Recent Posts
6 Ways to Improve Psychological AI Apps and Chatbots

New research shows that users are less engaged on AI apps and chatbots that are repetitive, lack personalized advice, and have long or glitchy setup processes.

New research shows that users are less engaged on AI apps and chatbots that are repetitive, lack personalized advice, and have long or glitchy setup processes.

New Psychological and Ethical Dangers of 'AI Identity Theft'

Creating AI digital replicas or digital twins has psychological, legal, and ethical consequences, so who should have a right to make them?

Creating AI digital replicas or digital twins has psychological, legal, and ethical consequences, so who should have a right to make them?

ChatGPT Outperforms Physicians Answering Patient Questions

AI augmentation holds promise to help doctors draft responses to patient questions, though clinician oversight will still be necessary.

AI augmentation holds promise to help doctors draft responses to patient questions, though clinician oversight will still be necessary.

Wearable AI's Potential for Anxiety Detection and Prediction

Wearable AI can help detect anxiety but needs further improvement to be accurate on its own. For now, it still needs to be integrated with a clinical assessment.

Wearable AI can help detect anxiety but needs further improvement to be accurate on its own. For now, it still needs to be integrated with a clinical assessment.

The Psychological Effects of Self-Driving Cars

Trust, control, usefulness, and enjoyment will determine whether and when self-driving cars are adopted. But autonomous vehicles will also change us.

Trust, control, usefulness, and enjoyment will determine whether and when self-driving cars are adopted. But autonomous vehicles will also change us.

People Now See AI-Generated Faces as More Real Than Human Ones

It is now impossible to distinguish AI-generated faces from human ones. AI faces can appear even more human than real ones, the phenomenon known as AI hyperrealism.

It is now impossible to distinguish AI-generated faces from human ones. AI faces can appear even more human than real ones, the phenomenon known as AI hyperrealism.