Psychology & Behavior Stories
- Despite industry claims that e-cigarettes exist to help adults stop smoking, so-called vaping, and ads about the practice, seem to have another purpose: cartoon ads depicting e-cigarette smoking on...
- People confined to their homes can do their part in helping spread awareness and possible solutions to the dreaded coronavirus.
- To what extent is the excessive use of social media comparable to substance addiction? This is what psychologists, researchers and studies have to say.
- All of us can find it a bit hard to be away from loved ones. But for some people, the anxiety that accompanies separation could be a sign of a disorder.
- The overwhelming urge to squeeze or even bite something you find — typically babies and small animals — is called cute aggression. Does this serve a purpose?
- Forcing an apology out of a child? While it may seem like a quick way to diffuse a situation where they have misbehaved, this may not be the best idea.
- Ever felt a bit of pleasure of satisfaction when someone experiences failure? Psychologists dig into schadenfreude, a complicated but common human emotion.
- Food is not the only factor to consider when examining the health effects of Thanksgiving. Here's how the tradition can provide psychological benefits too.
- Do we taste foods with our eyes too? The color of what you eat or drink was surprisingly powerful in how it could influence and even alter what you taste.
- Superstitions have no rational bearing — yet, we can't help knocking on wood or trying not to jinx important events. Why do we follow these beliefs and rituals?
- In a new study from Stanford University, people developed longer-lasting compassion after undergoing a virtual reality experience about becoming homeless.
- How does your partner react when you tease or ridicule them? Psychologists explore how laughter is tied to the level of contentment people feel with their relationship.