A new study published in the American Journal of Psychiatry sheds light on how psilocybin and the antidepressant escitalopram affect brain responses to emotional stimuli in people with major ...

People prone to conspiracy theories may share cognitive tendencies with those who experience delusional thinking. Two new studies suggest that biases like anomalous perception and impulsive reasoning ...

A new study published in The Journal of Neuroscience suggests that people who are more attuned to their internal bodily sensations are also more likely to make moral decisions that align with the ...

New research published in the Journal of Social and Personal Relationships provides insight into the intersection of friendship and romance. In a nationally representative sample of adults in the ...

A recent study of heterosexual couples found that those who slept in physically closer positions at the onset of sleep reported lower stress and less insecure emotional attachment. However, the ...

New research published in Development and Psychopathology suggests that how parents respond to their daughters during emotionally charged conversations may help identify who is at risk of developing ...

New research published in Social Psychological and Personality Science reveals that moments of pride and awe experienced by parents are not only emotionally meaningful — they are also psychologically ...

A new study published in Communications Biology sheds light on how the psychedelic compound DMT changes the brain’s dynamic behavior. Researchers found that DMT reduces the amount of energy the brain ...

A large, decade-long study of older adults has found that those with higher levels of well-being—especially a strong sense of purpose—also tended to show better cognitive functioning and less ...

A new study published in the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology suggests that simply believing a piece of creative work was made by artificial intelligence—rather than a human—can make ...

While pornography has been present throughout human history in various forms, such as ancient erotic art to more modernized motion pictures, research shows an increase in use over recent decades given ...

Despite being associated with manipulation and self-interest, individuals who score high on the so-called Dark Triad personality traits may have a surprising social advantage: people tend to trust ...