Emotionally charged AI images are flooding Facebook, and users are falling for them. Researchers found that synthetic ...

Researchers found that altering a small group of dopamine-producing neurons in fruit flies fragments their sleep. This sleep ...

How do extreme internet subcultures go viral? Recent research breaks down the spread of "looksmaxxing," showing how ...

A new study of 1,050 German students reveals that higher intelligence accelerates the development of metacognitive knowledge ...

Taking a long time to fall asleep during pregnancy is associated with slightly lower offspring intelligence scores at age four. New research points to specific metabolic chemicals in the blood that ...

A recent study has found that United States counties with a higher proportion of enslaved people in 1860 currently experience wider mortality gaps between Black and White residents. This historical ...

A recent study indicates that the tendency to become emotionally and mentally preoccupied with someone outside of a romantic relationship is driven by a complex mix of personality traits and ...

A massive review of psychological research reveals that feeling a sense of purpose is strongly linked to lower levels of ...

Are men and women becoming more alike? New research analyzing global survey data finds that differences in key economic preferences, such as trust and risk tolerance, are significantly smaller among ...

Can a strong female character who is also highly sexualized inspire positive perceptions from players? Not necessarily, according to a new study in Communication Research. Researchers found that while ...

A new study published in Computers in Human Behavior suggests that receiving a smartphone notification disrupts a person’s concentration for about seven seconds. The research provides evidence that ...

Being ignored without explanation tends to cause more prolonged psychological distress than being directly rejected. A new study published in Computers in Human Behavior provides evidence that while ...