Is sexual addiction the real deal?
Controversy exists over what some mental health experts call hypersexuality, or sexual addiction. Namely, is it a mental disorder at all, or something else?
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Joining a choir helps alleviate mental illness by building social connections
Joining a choir can improve the quality of life for people suffering from chronic mental illness, according to research published in the July issue of Psychology of Music.
Read moreDetailsAcceptance predicts satisfaction in later life
When older adults lose control as they move into residential care, they adapt and accept what cannot be changed in order to stay happy.
Read moreDetailsRacialization: Tea party identification leads to increase in white racial consciousness
New research published in PLoS One suggests that racial concerns do play a role in support for tea party groups.
Read moreDetailsStudy on the psychology of causality finds inference can take precedence over perception
When our understanding of cause-and-effect is contradicted by what we actually see, sometimes our understand overrules our perception.
Read moreDetailsGang members found to suffer unprecedented levels of psychiatric illness
Young men who are gang members suffer unprecedented levels of psychiatric illness, placing a heavy burden on mental health services, according to new research led by Queen Mary, University of London.
Read moreDetailsFemales respond better to stress because of estrogen, animal study finds
The idea that females are more resilient than males in responding to stress is a popular view, and now University at Buffalo researchers have found a scientific explanation.
Read moreDetailsJealousy can drive us to view ourselves more like our rivals
If you see your partner flirt with someone else, you may feel hurt, angry, and jealous. The last thing you might expect is to start thinking of yourself more like your rival.
Read moreDetailsScripps team shows ‘bath salts’ stimulant could be more addictive than meth
Scientists at The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI) have published one of the first laboratory studies of MDPV, an emerging recreational drug that has been sold as bath salts.
Read moreDetailsNot so blue? Study suggests many Americans less depressed
Fewer Americans may be feeling the blues, with rates of depression in people over 50 on the decline, according to a new University of Michigan Health System study.
Read moreDetailsAccording to kids, the moral obligation against harm doesn’t apply equally
Research shows that we tend to show an in-group bias, favoring the interests of our own social group over those of another group.
Read moreDetailsUC Davis MIND Institute researchers find exposure to maternal antibodies affects behavior
Researchers with the UC Davis MIND Institute have found that prenatal exposure to specific combinations of antibodies found only in mothers of children with autism leads to changes in the brain that adversely affect behavior and development.
Read moreDetailsSleepless nights can turn lovers into fighters
Relationship problems can keep us awake at night. But new research from UC Berkeley suggests that sleepless nights also can worsen lovers’ fights.
Read moreDetailsTeens’ self-consciousness linked to the medial prefrontal cortex
New research shows that teenagers' heightened self-consciousness is linked with specific physiological and brain responses.
Read moreDetailsPianists have greater desire to learn but feel less competent than guitarists
Two musical instruments -- guitars and pianos -- have their own unique sounds and methods of play. But do the two instruments also have their own unique motivational factors?
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