Democrats stigmatize people with COVID-19 more than Republicans, study finds
New research conducted at Kent State University investigated the role political affiliation may play in stigmatizing those with COVID-19. The...
Religion did not protect against racism’s harmful psychological impact on Asian Americans amid the COVID-19 pandemic
New psychology research indicates that religion provided little protection against racism-induced mental health issues among Asian Americans during the COVID-19...
People implicitly associate masked faces with psychological distance, study finds
Published in Social Psychological and Personality Science, researchers found that people who wear masks tend to be viewed as more...
Overconfidence in one’s reasoning abilities and distrust of science are linked to COVID-19 conspiracy beliefs
The fact that many people hold conspiracy theory beliefs was brought into the spotlight during the COVID-19 pandemic, which raises...
Long COVID study suggests lost connections between neurons may explain cognitive symptoms
Scientists are working to understand how exactly a COVID infection affects the human brain. But this is difficult to study,...
Neuroimaging study finds wearing a COVID mask does not affect brain activity during cognitive tasks
A study compared magnetic resonance images of brains of 35 undergraduate students and found that imaging results were the same...
Neurocognitive complaints in people with COVID-19 are not consistent with their objective test performance
People who have or have had COVID-19 tend to report more complaints about their cognitive abilities, according to new research...
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...
Severe COVID-19 may increase the risk for schizophrenia
Researchers found that COVID-19 cases that resulted in hospitalization were associated with an 11% increase in risk for developing schizophrenia.
Study finds fourfold higher suicide risk among men who suffered loss of social status during the COVID-19 pandemic
A new online survey found that men who suffered a loss of social status due to the COVID-19 pandemic were...
Research explores the extent that frontline workers felt “in it together” during the COVID-19 pandemic in the UK and Ireland
A study has uncovered new evidence for factors that built and eroded solidarity experiences in frontline workers. The findings from...
Lower empathy partially explains why political conservatism is associated with riskier pandemic lifestyles
New research helps to explain the association between political conservatism and riskier pandemic lifestyles. According to new research published in...
Remote learning might have helped protect teenagers’ sense of community during COVID-19 school closures
New research published in Behavioral Sciences provides evidence that information and communications technologies helped to protect students' sense of community...
Increased anxiety and depression during the pandemic may be related to COVID-19 conspiracy beliefs
Research on mental health during the COVID-19 pandemic has shown an increase in depressive symptoms and anxiety. The pandemic has...
COVID-19 linked with a higher rate of psychiatric and brain disorders up to two years after infection
The risks of being diagnosed with some disorders, such as psychosis, seizures or epilepsy, brain fog and dementia, though mostly...
