A UCL-led experiment on 80 pairs of adults found that people were willing to sacrifice on average twice as much...

Self-compassion can be learned using avatars in an immersive virtual reality, finds new research led by UCL. This innovative approach...

Drug tests on 517 mothers in English inner city hospitals found that nearly 15% had taken recreational drugs during pregnancy...

New evidence of myelin's essential role in learning and retaining new practical skills, such as playing a musical instrument, has...

The happiness of over 18,000 people worldwide has been predicted by a mathematical equation developed by researchers at UCL, with...

An evolutionarily ancient and tiny part of the brain tracks expectations about nasty events, finds new UCL research. The study,...

"Where does it hurt?" is the first question asked to any person in pain. A new UCL study defines for...

Long-term brain damage caused by stroke could be reduced by saving cells called pericytes that control blood flow in capillaries,...

Your brain's ability to instantly link what you see with what you do is down to a dedicated information 'highway',...

People who appreciate the beauty of mathematics activate the same part of their brain when they look at aesthetically pleasing...

Researchers from UCL have found that children with irregular bedtimes are more likely to have behavioural difficulties.

The science behind the tingling sensation caused by eating a popular Asian spice has been explained by researchers at UCL.

Young people who identify as lesbian, gay or bisexual are twice as likely to have smoked than their heterosexual peers,...

The threat of infants being killed by unrelated males is the key driver of monogamy in humans and other primates.

Women at a particular stage in their monthly menstrual cycle may be more vulnerable to some of the psychological side-effects...