People prone to conspiracy theories may share cognitive tendencies with those who experience delusional thinking. Two new studies suggest that biases like anomalous perception and impulsive reasoning ...

Scientists have discovered that senescent sensory neurons accumulate with age and nerve injury, releasing inflammatory molecules that heighten pain sensitivity. The findings suggest that targeting ...

T01, improved task-switching and processing speed in people with post-COVID cognitive deficits. While sustained attention did not improve, participants reported better quality of life and reduced ...

A new study published in Science suggests that the anxiety-reducing effects of psychedelics can be reproduced by stimulating a specific group of brain cells, without triggering hallucination-like ...

New research published in the Journal of Social and Personal Relationships provides insight into the intersection of friendship and romance. In a nationally representative sample of adults in the ...

New research published in Development and Psychopathology suggests that how parents respond to their daughters during emotionally charged conversations may help identify who is at risk of developing ...

A recent study of heterosexual couples found that those who slept in physically closer positions at the onset of sleep reported lower stress and less insecure emotional attachment. However, the ...

Two new studies offer contrasting insights into the mental health impacts of gender-affirming medical care, highlighting the complexity of transgender healthcare outcomes. A large-scale analysis of ...

A new study published in Communications Biology sheds light on how the psychedelic compound DMT changes the brain’s dynamic behavior. Researchers found that DMT reduces the amount of energy the brain ...

A new study published in the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology suggests that simply believing a piece of creative work was made by artificial intelligence—rather than a human—can make ...

New research published in Social Psychological and Personality Science reveals that moments of pride and awe experienced by parents are not only emotionally meaningful — they are also psychologically ...

A new study published in Neuropharmacology sheds light on how amphetamine, a stimulant often misused and prescribed to treat attention-related conditions, affects brain activity linked to executive ...