A new study of 1,050 German students reveals that higher intelligence accelerates the development of metacognitive knowledge ...

How do extreme internet subcultures go viral? Recent research breaks down the spread of "looksmaxxing," showing how ...

Taking a long time to fall asleep during pregnancy is associated with slightly lower offspring intelligence scores at age four. New research points to specific metabolic chemicals in the blood that ...

A recent study indicates that the tendency to become emotionally and mentally preoccupied with someone outside of a romantic relationship is driven by a complex mix of personality traits and ...

A new study indicates that loneliness is a growing epidemic among U.S. military veterans. With over one in five experiencing frequent isolation, researchers warn that this severe social disconnection ...

A study constructed a quality-of-life index for 3,100 U.S. counties in 2019. The researchers determined that high-quality-of-life counties tend to have more people moving in, a higher likelihood of ...

A new study in the Journal of Experimental Social Psychology reveals that jokes, memes, and punchlines are significantly funnier when they are easy to process. This cognitive fluency helps our brains ...

The scent of a particular perfume or a childhood home can often bring back vivid, emotionally charged memories from a person’s earliest years. A recent study on mice suggests that these early-life ...

Young adults drawn to social causes by deep moral convictions are more likely to stay engaged than those seeking social approval. New research reveals how political ideology and specific emotions ...

New research provides evidence that the way youth pay attention to emotional faces changes after they experience depressive symptoms, and these changes depend on whether their mothers have a history ...

Researchers have found a link between chemical modifications on a dopamine-related gene and creative thinking abilities in adolescent males. The ...

Are men and women becoming more alike? New research analyzing global survey data finds that differences in key economic preferences, such as trust and risk tolerance, are significantly smaller among ...