Canceled grants and slashed budgets are disproportionately affecting junior health researchers, dealing a major blow to the ...

The brain weighs factors based on their importance to oneself and one’s social world as part of a complex calculation that shapes behavior ...

But there’s another consequence of meditation that people do not always anticipate. Despite the ways in which wellness movements have emphasized a highly individualistic way of thinking about ...

Answering the question of when consciousness emerges is deeply tied to the mystery of what it actually is and how it can be ...

New strategies help to reduce callous and unemotional traits in children, guiding them toward productive lives ...

The decision to help a friend or stranger—and the amount of help that one chooses to give—may be powerfully shaped by the brain’s basolateral amygdala ...

The American Psychological Foundation (APF), a grantmaking organization that supports psychologists and service organizations, is announcing its new Direct Action Crisis Funding Grants. This program ...

How refreshing to discover an anti-feminist psychiatrist. Very few people in the ‘helping professions’ have the courage to openly oppose the prevailing orthodoxy. But Hannah Spier is well placed to ...

Psychedelic-assisted psychotherapy (PAP) can have a powerful impact on mental health. When used correctly, hypnosis can ...

Psychologists have been interested in the darker side of human personality for decades. The so-called dark triad of Machiavellianism, narcissism and sociopathy have attracted intense scrutiny. People ...