Psychology

Mindfulness meditation is all the rage in meditation circles but does it work? Most research claiming benefits have focused on lengthy, weeks-long training programs using people who already like…

    Many high IQ Asperger sufferers think that their rationality is ultimately superior. Their moralizing provides judgments; their “honesty” blurts them out. Such behavior is usually…

A new study addresses the relationship between personality and heart attacks. Distressed (type D) personality (TDP), characterized by high negative affectivity and social inhibition, along with…

A new study analyzed the long-term effects of psychotherapy on borderline personality disorder. Authors report the effect of  Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) versus treatment-as-usual (TAU)…

For hibernating mammals, the pre-winter months are a race to accumulate enough energy reserves to last until spring. But what about offspring born late in the year? They have less time to store…

People have been debating whether experts are "born" or "made" since the mid-1800s. In recent years, deliberate practice has received considerable attention in these debates, while innate ability has…

Psychogenic nonepileptic seizures (PNES) are seizures that resemble epilepsy but are instead a psychological condition. It is not the result of abnormal brain electrical activity. Because it looks…

Orgasms aren’t just good for your sexual relationship, they may also promote good communication, according to a paper in Communication Monographs. In the aftermath of having experienced an orgasm,…

There can't be many rich fat people because poor physical health and financial health are driven by the same underlying psychological factors, according to Lamar Pierce, PhD, associate professor of…

Can addiction be predicted? That's always been the goal and conjecture has focused on everything from family to environment. But there are just as many fails as wins. A child who grew up in a house…