Chimpanzees may have more in common with human thinkers than previously thought. A new study published in Science by an ...

One of my favourite social psychology/social cognition studies is what I have come to refer to as the trick-or-treat study. Specifically, I’m talking about the research conducted by Diener and ...

A two-year study will provide insights into how soldiers can be trained to demonstrate ingenuity in high-stakes, ...

Abuse without financial dependence is still abuse; autonomy can be eroded through strategy, not scarcity. Psychological abuse ...

We come into the world screaming and vulnerable—entirely dependent on adult caregivers to keep us safe and teach us how to connect with others. The nature of these earliest relationships influences ...

Church pews, gospel songs and prayer have offered comfort in Black communities for generations. But, even the strongest ...

In 1985, Belgian psychologist Jozef Nuttin identified what is known as the name-letter effect. His studies determined that people showed a preference for those whose name contained some of the same ...

A 2025 study in the Journal of Couple & Relationship Therapy finds that manipulative and emotionally cold traits, known as interpersonal manipulation and callous affect, quietly destroy relationship ...

For years now, research studies across the world looking at happiness across our lifetimes have found a U-shape: happiness ...

Although artificial intelligence is frequently lauded for its coding ability or its math skills, how does it perform when it is examined on something inherently human, such as emotions? A recent study ...