Study: Men find low waist-to-hip ratios attractive because it signals youth — not health or fertility
Men consistently find women the most attractive when they have a low waist-to-hip ratio — commonly referred to as an…
Author Eric W. Dolan
Eric W. Dolan
Eric is the founder, publisher, and editor of PsyPost.
Prayer makes non-believers more likely to cheat, study finds
New research indicates religious individuals are more likely to cheat but that this tendency can be diminished by prayer. But…
Insufficient sleep could be suppressing voter turnout, study finds
Why do people decide not to vote? New research published in the journal Nature Human Behaviour provides evidence that lack…
Antisocial behavior associated with abnormal white matter brain structure in men with callous-unemotional traits
A study published in NeuroImage: Clinical provides new insights into the neurobiological underpinnings of antisocial behaviors. The research indicates that…
Madonna-Whore Dichotomy associated with patriarchal views and reduced relationship satisfaction for men
The “Madonna-Whore Dichotomy” describes the belief that being nurturing and being sexual are mutually exclusive options for women. New research…
Manipulating neck temperature can reduce contagious yawning in humans, study finds
New research provides more evidence that yawns function as a brain cooling mechanism. The findings appear in the journal Physiology…
Teens with prenatal cocaine exposure exhibit altered patterns of amygdala functional connectivity
A new study on adolescents with prenatal cocaine exposure has found alternations in the functional connectivity of the amygdala –…
Female sexual dysfunction less prevalent among adult entertainers
New research suggests that women working in the adult entertainment industry tend to have lower rates of female sexual dysfunction…
Psychedelics seem to alter social cognition by modifying facial emotion recognition
Psychedelic drugs like LSD reduce the recognition of negative facial emotions by altering activity the amygdala, a brain region known…
Only some forms of social support alleviate the negative consequences of social exclusion
New research provides evidence that negative feelings and brain responses are modulated by the type of social support we receive…
Tinder users perceived as less trustworthy, study finds
People tend to view Tinder users as untrustworthy, according to new research from Germany. But the study in Computers in…
Study: 15-minutes of meditation associated with similar effects as a day of vacation
Meditation and vacations appear to have overlapping effects, according to new research in The Journal of Positive Psychology. The study…
Inflammation affects our decision-making patterns, study suggests
New research provides some of the first experimental evidence that inflammatory processes influence our decisions. The findings, which appear in…
Recalling a dream could affect the neural processing of emotional stimuli
Recalling a dream is associated with increased activation of brain regions involved in emotional processing, according to new research. The…
Negative political messages exert the greatest neural impact on voters, brain scan study suggests
New neuroimaging research indicates that information about political corruption has a greater impact that positive messages. The study has been…