Jerry Richardson, a Cornell university doctoral candidate in psychology, was dashing into a grocery store on his way to a ...

It’s not too late to bring greater happiness into your day-to-day living. Even among life’s daily challenges, happiness is a choice. It's up to you.

A two-year study will provide insights into how soldiers can be trained to demonstrate ingenuity in high-stakes, ...

In 1985, Belgian psychologist Jozef Nuttin identified what is known as the name-letter effect. His studies determined that people showed a preference for those whose name contained some of the same ...

New research in Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise suggests exercise may be one way to boost that self-control.

We come into the world screaming and vulnerable—entirely dependent on adult caregivers to keep us safe and teach us how to connect with others. The nature of these earliest relationships influences ...

Although artificial intelligence is frequently lauded for its coding ability or its math skills, how does it perform when it is examined on something inherently human, such as emotions? A recent study ...

The MCAT paved the way for other standardized admission exams, like the SAT, and the many sleepless nights college-bound students still endure in preparation. But Moss likely wouldn’t have minded that ...

Millions of people have no issue with sleeping after a good scare — in fact, they embrace it. There are scientific reasons ...

Summary: New research shows that people tend to prefer simple explanations even when complex ones are more accurate. The study found that individuals focus mainly on visible or known causes while ...

A new study suggests that when older couples experience positive emotions together in everyday life, they have lower levels ...