If the thought of a math test makes you break out in a cold sweat, Mom or Dad may be...

People often mimic each other's facial expressions or postures without even knowing it, but new research shows that they also...

Putting in a lot of effort to earn a reward can make unappealing prizes more attractive to kindergartners, but not...

Wealthy people may be likely to oppose redistribution of wealth because they have biased information about how wealthy most people...

The perceived trustworthiness of an inmate's face may determine the severity of the sentence he receives, according to new research...

Unwanted, intrusive visual memories are a core feature of stress- and trauma-related clinical disorders such as posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD),...

Given that depression is characterized by intense and frequent negative feelings, like sadness, it might seem logical to develop interventions...

Children as young as 4 years old may reap better health from altruistic giving, a behavior that tends to be...

There are some bad memories -- whether of a crime or a painful life event -- that we'd rather not...

The advice, whether from Shakespeare or a modern self-help guru, is common: Be true to yourself. New research suggests that...

Practice may not make perfect, but visualization might. New research shows that people who imagined a visual target before having...

People starting to plan for retirement or other big goals should pull out a calculator and multiply the years ahead...

To maintain the idea that we are moral people, we tend to lie or cheat only to the extent that...

Humans may be able to communicate positive emotions like happiness through the smell of our sweat, according to new research...

Shakespeare is such a towering literary figure that any new insight into the man, or his work, tends to generate...