New research sheds light on the role of personality traits in reducing the spread of COVID-19. The findings, published in...
A new study published in Environmental Research and Public Health suggests that individuals who struggle with problem-solving and demonstrate absolutist...
Psychologists have found that the "Dark Triad" of personality -- psychopathy, Machiavellianism and narcissism -- is associated with reduced engagement...
People who frequently interact with low-quality news websites tend to express more reservations about COVID-19 vaccines, according to new research...
New research indicates that the stress and anxiety caused by COVID-19 is affecting the mental health of employees in a...
The desire to avoid regret may be powerful enough to sway people to change their health behaviors, according to recent...
The COVID-19 pandemic has been widely divisive -- but could that divisiveness reduce the effectiveness of the vaccine? A study...
A study published in the journal Anthrozoös suggests that pet ownership is tied to improved well-being during the pandemic, but only...
Nudging is a means of indirectly influencing human behaviour by changing the choice architecture made available to the decision maker....
New research conducted at Kent State University investigated the role political affiliation may play in stigmatizing those with COVID-19. The...
New psychology research indicates that religion provided little protection against racism-induced mental health issues among Asian Americans during the COVID-19...
Published in Social Psychological and Personality Science, researchers found that people who wear masks tend to be viewed as more...
The fact that many people hold conspiracy theory beliefs was brought into the spotlight during the COVID-19 pandemic, which raises...
Scientists are working to understand how exactly a COVID infection affects the human brain. But this is difficult to study,...
A study compared magnetic resonance images of brains of 35 undergraduate students and found that imaging results were the same...
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