A new study suggests traits like narcissism and psychopathy played little role in the 2020 U.S. presidential election.

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

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 Psychological Reports has found that mindfulness within marriage can reduce feelings of divorce anxiety in people who report a greater tendency toward infidelity. The research ...

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 ...

Many people feel that life speeds up as they get older. But what actually causes this sensation? A new study published in Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin sheds light on the reasons people ...

A new study has found that people who consume high amounts of ultra-processed foods are more likely to exhibit early symptoms associated with Parkinson’s disease than those who consume less. The ...

A new neuroimaging study from China has found that an eight-week course of bright light therapy helped reduce depressive symptoms in individuals with subthreshold depression. The treatment also ...

A new study published in PLOS One introduces a large-scale method for detecting political bias in online news sources using artificial intelligence. By analyzing hundreds of thousands of news articles ...

A new study published in Current Biology sheds light on how the brain learns to avoid harmful situations, revealing that dopamine—commonly associated with pleasure and reward—also plays a flexible and ...

A new study published in PNAS Nexus provides evidence that brain activity can more accurately predict broader market behavior than self-reported preferences or observed choices—especially when ...