Psychology

An overdose of self-esteem won't build character. Shutterstock By Kristján Kristjánsson, University of Birmingham In the last few months the UK’s two main political parties have entered into an…

You're probably not racist. As the world has gotten smaller, race as a bias has become less of a thing. Yet there is a test - the Implicit Association Test - that is guaranteed to show you are racist…

You definitely didn't have one? Honestly? Shutterstock By Lara Warmelink, Lancaster University Lying is often seen as bad behavior in children. Fairy tales and folk stories, from Aesop’s Peter who…

Some people eat when they are hungry and stop when they are not. Others eat until they are full. For that second group, science may soon have a way to help keep them slimmer. Inulin-propionate ester…

You may not have been born a criminal, but experiences influence how genetic variants affect the brain and therefore behavior, according to a new paper.  The study used a survey of 1,337…

A new study by political science scholars has found one reason why women are less likely to run for political office - they will volunteer to lead but don't like competing to do so.  Prior…

In modern times, nitrous oxide is a pollutant or a way to make an old custom Nissan go really fast, but it was once common as an anesthetic in medicine and dentistry and that is how it got its common…

An analysis of U.C. Berkeley students has concluded that inflated or deflated feelings of self-worth are linked to afflictions like bipolar disorder, narcissistic personality disorder, anxiety and…

If you want children ages 4 to 8 to tell the truth, it's best not to threaten to punish them if they lie. An experiment involving 372 children, led by Prof. Victoria Talwar of McGill's Dept. of…

What made the wealthy elites in San Fransisco and Seattle who deny the benefits of child vaccines suddenly clamor for government action to create more vaccines? Two cases of Ebola in the United…