How researchers measure the logical reasoning of monkeys, pigeons, rats, fish and wasps shapes how they understand mental processes in animals − and in people.
A happy marriage comes with many benefits for mental and physical health. Theory and recent research suggest same-sex couples have accessed those benefits since the Supreme Court’s Obergefell decision.
A global study seeks insights into what helps people feel happy, healthy and satisfied – and what holds them back.
A psychologist explains how group identity, polarizing issues and social media are driving people apart – and suggests some remedies.
Researchers probed what psychologists call the ‘paradox of effort’ to learn how different people value work they could do in the future or that they’ve already accomplished in the past.
A social scientist tracking adolescents’ beliefs and behaviors over time was uniquely positioned to document changes in teens’ worldviews after Trump’s 2016 election.
By thinking of the flow of anger, you can unpack its key dimensions: its path and intensity. Is the stream pointed effectively? Is its strength appropriate?
People from many different cultures across the globe and across millennia largely agree about which body parts are most valuable – and how much compensation they warrant when injured.
A psychologist and human connection researcher explains how individual acts of kindness and connection can have a real impact on global change when these acts are collective.
Every human brain still holds primitive instincts that we share with our monkey ancestors. Is that part of your brain in charge when you cast your ballot?
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