In a satirical proposal to classify happiness as a psychiatric disorder, Richard P. Bentall of the Liverpool University notes that...

Participating in an 8-week mindfulness meditation program appears to make measurable changes in brain regions associated with memory, sense of...

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High school students are more likely to retake the SAT if they score just below a round number, such as...

A new study in the Journal of Consumer Research shows that women are better than men at figuring out unusual...

Humans are notoriously bad at predicting their future happiness. A new study published in Psychological Science, a journal of the...

New research suggests eating vegetables gives you a healthy tan. The study, led by Dr Ian Stephen at The University...

Many prescriptions for the top-selling class of drugs, known as atypical antipsychotic medications, lack strong evidence that the drugs will...

An unexpected discovery by UCLA life scientists holds promise for the future development of treatments for post-traumatic stress disorder and...

Researchers found that college students valued boosts to their self-esteem more than any other pleasant activity they were asked about,...