Experienced meditators display an altered pattern of brain activity during a test of attention and self-control
Experienced meditators tend to have a different pattern of brain activity compared to non-meditators during…
Antidepressant medication may reduce empathic responses to the pain of others
A team of scientists in Austria have found evidence that antidepressant medication — rather than…
People with lower emotional intelligence are more likely to hold right-wing views, study finds
New research from Belgium provides evidence that deficits in emotion understanding and emotion management are…
Study indicates that stereotype-induced memory distortion can be reversed
Social stereotypes can cause people to misremember or distort information based on whether it conforms…
Long-term meditators may be perceived by strangers as less neurotic and more comfortable in their own skin
New research provides some preliminary evidence that long-term meditators tend to be perceived differently than…
Study: Existential isolation linked to increased death thought accessibility
New research published in the Journal of Research in Personality suggests that existential isolation –…
Lack of gratitude helps explain the link between attachment avoidance and lower relationship satisfaction
Researchers have found one underlying mechanism that helps explain why attachment avoidance is negatively related…
Taking birth control pills as a teenager may lead to an increased risk for depression, even years after stopping
The pill is one of the great success stories of modern medicine. When it became…
Cyberloafing can buffer some of the negative effects of workplace aggression
New research suggests that employees use cyberloafing to cope with abusive and stressful workplace conditions,…
Preferring to communicate via technology is associated with worse emotional functioning
People who prefer to use an electronic device to communicate with tend to have more…
Extreme Democratic and Republican partisans display greater mental rigidity on cognitive tests
New research provides evidence that extreme partisanship on both the political left and right is…
Lost letter experiment suggests urbanites are not less prosocial than their rural counterparts
People living in the city of Perth, Australia do not appear to be less altruistic…