Psychology

Young girls from poor neighborhoods with conduct issues are more likely to initiate sex at a young age, according to a new study by researchers from the Université de Montréal, the University of New…

Menus and advertising affect our emotions, and if we understand those emotions, we make better food choices, according to a new study in the Journal of Consumer Research. Authors Blair Kidwell, David…

Almost every bad thing a teenager does gets attributed to the 'crowd' they hang out with - few parents confess to having the troublemaker kid. Now an RTI International researcher says that goes for…

Yes, you read that right - the very people you look to for comfort, for learning, for a shoulder to cry on, could lead you down the path of annihilation. You don't have to be a lemming zombie to take…

A person's gender in a leadership role is associated with the mental and physical health of subordinates, according to new research out of the University of Toronto. The study conducted by Scott…

The probability of someone cheating during the course of a relationship varies between 40 and 76 percent. "It's very high," says Geneviève Beaulieu-Pelletier, PhD student at the Université de…

Apparently, you can tell a lot about people from the way they move - gender, age, and even mood. Researchers say they have found that observers perceive masculine motion as coming toward them, while…

Children born prematurely are four times more likely to have emotional problems or behavioral disorders, according to new research. A team led by the University of Warwick's Department of Psychology…

People are more frugal when paying cash than using credit cards or gift certificates. They also spend less when they have to estimate expenses. The conclusion that cash discourages spending while…

What if society could identify aggressive behavior in individuals before a criminal act was committed? Sound a little like the Tom Cruise movie Minority Report (2002)?,well it should. Researchers at…