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Chimps Can Play Fair, Too
Chimpanzees and people already share much when it comes to our evolutionary history, and the latest research shows we have a similar appreciation for fairness as well. A study published in the...
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Childhood Trauma Leaves Legacy of Brain Changes
Painful experiences early in life can alter the brain in lasting ways. A difficult reality for psychiatrists and counselors of child abuse is that young victims are at high risk of becoming offenders...
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Lance Armstrong’s Confession and the Psychology of the Competitor
For elite athletes, competition is like a drug. How many times have we seen professional or Olympic athletes retire (or say they will retire), only to return again, inevitably older and with varying...
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How Scarcity Leads to Spending
Will economic uncertainty make you save more — or spend more? The answer may depend on your childhood experience, a new study suggests. The research, published in Psychological Science could help...
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How Disasters and Trauma Can Affect Children’s Empathy
Do children become more kind and empathetic after a disaster— or does the experience make them more focus more on self-preservation? The first study to examine the question in an experimental way shows...
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Q&A: Criminologist Adrian Raine on The Biology of Violence
Violent behavior is a complex product of biology and upbringing, and when that violence involves murder and destruction to the extent that erupted at the Boston Marathon, the questions about what...
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Creativity Linked with Deficit in Mental Flexibility
Creative types are often seen as rather flaky — their minds leaping wildly from one bizarre idea to another, ever seeking inspiration. But a new study suggests that people who actually achieve creative...
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When Good Pictures Happen to Bad People: Why We Hate That We Like The Rolling...
His dark eyes stare straight at the lens, his hair tousled so it falls just-so to one side, just as any teen idol or rock star would want to debut on a national magazine cover. He’s called a “monster,”...
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How Stress Can Make Therapy Sessions More Effective
Therapy is all about learning how to cope and manage difficult situations better, but sessions may not always equip patients with the practical tools they need to face challenges when they occur. In...
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The Real Secret To More Willpower: Be Power Hungry
The word willpower conjures things like laundry day, drunk texting and chocolate cake. It is what motivates us to resist what we desire, and to tackle tasks we’d rather avoid, in the name of personal...
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Do You Buy Your Spouse the Same Thing Every Year? What Your Gift-Giving...
Ah, the holidays. That time when we express ourselves not in our words or our actions but in our shopping chops. We consulted a gift-giving expert to decipher the hidden meaning behind what we give —...
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Do All-Girls Schools Breed Feminists or Mean Girls?
A new study has found that girls at same-sex schools feel greater pressure to adhere to gender norms — and were bullied if they didn’t — than those at mixed-gender schools. Perhaps even more...
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Here Are the New Year’s Resolutions You Will Keep, and the Ones That You Will...
In theory, New Year’s resolutions are a good thing — it’s all about improving something we don’t like about ourselves, right? Except that our best intentions in January don’t tend to survive the month....
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The Literary Misery Index: What the Economy Has to Do With What You’re Reading
Authors tend to write about what they see and experience, including economic hardship, according to a new study. The analysis, published in the journal PLOS One, found that when words commonly...
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You Are Where You Live: How Dangerous Neighborhoods Make You Feel Paranoid
Simply walking through a sketchy-looking neighborhood can make you feel more paranoid and lower your trust in others. In a study published in the journal PeerJ, student volunteers who spent less than...
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Broncos Fans Are Probably Eating Their Sorrows Away
So, it’s pretty obvious that if you’re team loses, you’re going to be rather down. But what if it’s a very humiliating loss on the greatest stage possible, like the Broncos experienced against the...
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The Dog Will See You Now
During a couples-therapy session, therapist Ellen Winston of Lakewood, Colo., brought along her assistant, Sasha — who happens to be a dog. The couple were dealing with behavioral problems in their...
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When Flappy Bird Flies Too Close to the Sun
On Saturday, Flappy Bird developer Dong Nguyen disappointed millions when he announced he would be deleting the astronomically popular mobile game. Twenty-two hours later, he did just that. Nguyen’s...
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Facebook’s Gender Labeling Revolution
At age 8, Eli Erlick wanted to be treated as a girl. But teachers denied the child’s request to join the girls’ gymnastic team or play on the girl’s side in the “Battle of the Sexes” academic...
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Leaning Out: Men Like to Be the Boss More Than Women Do, Study Says
A new study suggests that men prefer being in charge, whereas women are better at working with their peers. While the study only confirms what many office dwellers already know, the findings may...
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