A new study suggests that assortative mating, where partners choose a mate like themselves, can be explained by looking at ...

What is a good life, and how can we create it?...“We wanted to capture more explorative, adventurous, creative types of good life,” like those of artists and poets, said Shigehiro Oishi, a ...

Doubling-back aversion—defined as the tendency for an individual to forego taking an easier or faster route when it involves ...

Anxiety symptoms among U.S. adults, even during the COVID-19 pandemic, appear to have remained stable, according to a massive ...

A new study examines the extent of adverse effects for those who meditate and pinpoints those most at risk of experiencing ...

The Carolina Reaper is so hot, it makes jalapeños taste like milk. It’s so hot, it causes people to hallucinate, vomit, pass out, wish they’d never been born. It’s so hot that the guy who ...

Numerous studies since then have backed up Harris’s core idea that parents don’t matter as much as many people think. Genes, for example, seem to play a bigger role than the environment that children ...

Overuse of digital gadgets harms teenagers, research suggests. But ubiquitous technology may be helping older Americans stay sharp....The opposite appears true. “Among the digital pioneer generation, ...

In this roundtable, we will discuss some of the basics of writing and submitting conference abstracts in the psychological sciences. This roundtable will feature a short presentation and interactive Q ...