Psychology

Many of us have asked ourselves in the past few days: can you really falsely remember something as significant as being in a helicopter that was shot down? And many of us probably think “No way,”…

“My dearest Theresa,” Lord Byron wrote to his mistress in his garden, August 1819. A century later, on a July afternoon in 1916, Captain Alfred Bland, a British officer in World War I, sat down…

Yin and yang or two peas in a pod? Shutterstock Relationships are often interpreted as the outcome of an exchange of goods and services. Common knowledge says that the sexes want different things…

Take care lovers, wherever you are, as Valentine’s Day is soon upon us. Whether you’re in a relationship or want to be in a relationship, research over a number of years shows that February 14 can…

If you are not inclined to be faithful and your partner is not buying into your claim of sex addiction, psychologists may have a better alternative: genetics. They made their determination by…

What happens when people in one political party in America are presented with science that doesn't align with their political views? The same thing that happens in the other party. They…

Magicians have delighted audiences for centuries with magic tricks. What is little known is that they subtly influence decisions. A master like Apollo Robbins can even tell you what he is going to do…

If you are insecure or craving attention and need to feel better about yourself, chances are Facebook is your friend, according to surveys done by psychologists. According to analysis of two …

Distraught Seattle Seahawks fans after their team lost the Super Bowl. Jason Redmond/Reuters By David G. Myers, Hope College “The worst call in Super Bowl history,” read a headline in my hometown…

Browsing Facebook has become a daily activity for hundreds of millions of people. Because so many people engage with the website daily, researchers are interested in how emotionally involved Facebook…