New research provides evidence that the pandemic changed our personalities
A new study, published in PLOS ONE, suggests the COVID pandemic has indeed triggered much greater shifts in personality than...
Children of very young mothers show more behavioral problems and lower cognitive performance
A recent analysis of data held in the National Institute of Mental Health Data Archive (NDA) found that children aged...
New study links high testosterone levels in women to reduced immune responses
New research has uncovered a relationship between hormone levels in women and the production of antibodies in response to hepatitis...
Study finds brain changes associated with ADHD remission
A recent study published in NeuroImage: Clinical used state-of-the-art neuroimaging techniques to determine what brain changes may cause childhood ADHD...
Self-control may be the key to ensuring narcissists are less aggressive and revenge orientated
A study published in the Journal of Research in Personality illuminates the potential relationship between self-control and antagonistic narcissism, a...
Smartphone-induced flow experiences may act as a trigger for compulsive buying behavior among Gen Z
A recent survey of students in Italy found that smartphone addiction and online compulsive buying are related. Additionally, the mental...
Sperm competition risk may play a role in the association between erectile dysfunction and sexual coercion
Men who experience erectile dysfunction are more likely to engage in sexually coercive behaviors, such as pressuring their partner to...
Neuroimaging study finds gray matter reductions in first-time fathers
New neuroscience research provides evidence that becoming a father results in brain structure alterations. The findings, published in Cerebral Cortex,...
Eye-tracking study finds sleep-deprived people spend less time attending to faces, which could harm social interactions
Researchers at Uppsala University Sweden investigated the relationship between sleep deprivation and facial recognition behaviors. Their results indicate that those...
New research has uncovered a psychological mechanism that underlies fanaticism
A new series of nine experimental studies indicates that "discordant knowing", certainty about something one perceives as opposed by the...