In an unprecedented case report, doctors in Austria have documented the first known instance of psilocybin-induced penile amputation. After consuming a large quantity of magic mushrooms, a 37-year-old ...

Imagine it’s Friday evening. You’re about to watch a new Netflix drama, trying to unwind after a long week. Suddenly, your phone pings with a work email marked “urgent.” Your heart sinks; your stress ...

Researchers in Poland have developed a novel method to assess the severity of manic and depressive symptoms in individuals with bipolar disorder based on features of their speech. Using a smartphone ...

A recent study conducted by researchers at the University of Pennsylvania and Case Western Reserve University has found a link between the slaveholding history of some United States legislators’ ...

A recent study published in the Journal of Psychopharmacology suggests that psilocybin, the psychoactive compound found in certain “magic” mushrooms, could provide rapid and sustained antidepressant ...

A new study published in Psychology of Violence has uncovered a key link between psychopathic traits and firearm violence. The research found that individuals with certain psychopathic tendencies, ...

A new study sheds light on how exercise boosts brain function by exploring the role of nerves in muscle-brain communication. The study, published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ...

New research published in Journal of Personality & Social Psychology shows that people’s anticipated emotional responses to situations significantly shape their moral praise and character judgments of ...

New research published in the International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health offers a nuanced view of how narcissistic and borderline personality traits shape emotional responses to ...

A new study published in Scientific Reports sheds light on long-term neurological consequences of COVID-19. Researchers found that individuals who had anosmia (the loss of smell) during COVID-19 ...

In a recent study published in Current Biology, researchers uncovered how the human brain processes the concept of zero, revealing that specific neurons in the medial temporal lobe treat zero as a ...

If you’ve ever felt drained by intense mental effort, science now backs up your experience. A new meta-analysis, published in Psychological Bulletin, shows that mental tasks requiring effort are often ...