More than 80 percent of people around the world consider themselves to be religious or spiritual. But research on the neuroscience of...

I felt I could reach through the screen to get to another place. Lasers became entire fans of light sweeping around, and then it felt as...

Legend has it that Marie Antoinette's hair turned gray overnight just before her beheading in 1791. Though the legend is inaccurate --...

The link between the different hierarchies of personality, sleep patterns and even genetics has been discovered by researchers from the...

What information is retained in a memory over time, and which parts get lost? These questions have led to many scientific theories over...

A facial expression or the sound of a voice can say a lot about a person's emotional state; and how much they reveal depends on the...

Waking up just one hour earlier could reduce a person's risk of major depression by 23%, suggests a sweeping new genetic study published...

Narcissism is driven by insecurity, and not an inflated sense of self, finds a new study by a team of psychology researchers. Its...

It's a first: approximately 100 scientists in 42 countries joined forces to learn about the incidence of parental burnout. They found...

The unpredictable nature of life during the coronavirus pandemic is particularly challenging for many people. Not everyone can cope...

Positive psychological effects associated with taking small doses of psychedelic drugs are likely the result of users' expectations,...

f you dunk a tea bag repeatedly into your mug or open a cream-filled cookie to lick the filling, you might find coping with pandemic...

Research over the last decade has shown that loneliness is an important determinant of health. It is associated with considerable...

According to a 2017 UCLA study, students with ADHD make up about 6% of the college student population and represent the most common type...

Researchers have mapped an underlying "psychological signature" for people who are predisposed to holding extreme social, political or...

Ground-breaking research led by University of Limerick has revealed for the first time that the immune system directly links personality...

Teens who bully, harass, or otherwise victimize their peers are not always lashing out in reaction to psychological problems or unhealthy...

It's well understood that a difficult childhood can increase the likelihood of mental illness, but according to new research from the...

A new study led by a University at Buffalo researcher has identified how specific communication among different brain regions, known as...

The more chaotic things get, the harder it is for people with clinical anxiety and/or depression to make sound decisions and to learn...