Psychology

A new study featured online this week in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences suggests that depression patients are unable to sustain activity in brain areas related to positive…

If your kids want a Wii, PlayStation or Xbox 360 this holiday season, you may actually have good reason to give them one; it turns out there is some redeeming value in the hours that kids spend…

In the Dec. 18 issue of Science, Researchers from Tufts University say popular television programs are spreading racial messages to their viewers through biased facial expressions and body language,…

In his book on infidelity, “The Truth about Cheating: Why Men Stray and What you can do to Prevent it,” M. Gary Neuman asked the men he surveyed the following two questions. a)    Was…

The American religious experience is changing. The mystical experience has long been a part of the human religious experience. It is in fact believe to be the original documented form of the…

Many studies have shown, and common sense dictates, that good looks greatly benefit those who have them. Prettier people tend to have more social relationships, and reap the psychological benefits as…

Your ability to resist that tempting cookie depends on how a big a threat you perceive it to be, according to a study in the Journal of Consumer Research. University of Texas researchers studied…

The question on everyone’s lips is “Why?” Why did someone like Tiger Woods, who had so much to lose, do what he did? Because he could? Because he didn’t care?We’ll never really know until the Oprah…

The question on everyone’s lips is “Why?” Why did someonelike Tiger Woods, who had so much to lose, do what he did? Because he could? Because he didn’t care? We’ll never really know until the Oprah…

Creativity seems to be the "buzz word" of the 2000s. Society values it, companies need it, and employers want it. Or do they? What society claims to want and what is actually rewarded in practice are…