When Americans believe government works, they are more likely to act on climate

A single dose of testosterone does not cause men to abandon deliberate reasoning in favor of gut instincts

Supporters of losing political parties express more distrust of their fellow citizens after elections than do supporters of winning parties, a new study has found, with voters who more strongly disliked rival parties showing even greater distrust.

People with ADHD have difficulties with goal-directed behavior and struggle with response inhibition, the ability to stop an inappropriate action once they feel the urge to do it

88% of Americans consider it very or extremely important that the United States remain a democracy

Prior research suggests that people on the left tend to be less inclined toward aggression, thanks to traits like empathy

Desire for attention, control makes narcissists more likely to favour in-person work, researchers hypothesize

More than 50 percent of adults worry about their libido, new study finds

Reddit data reveals U.S federal health workers hit a breaking point as anger surpasses pandemic levels

Political representatives more polarized on climate change than their constituents

Nearly 1 in 3 early-career researchers report elevated psychological distress, anxiety, and depressive symptoms, according to a massive new meta-analysis of 140,000 academics published in Nature Human Behaviour

Political beliefs affect American’s beliefs about the relationship between diversity and merit in hiring

Kids received mental health treatment in record numbers after pandemic

NoAIphobia: College students are increasingly dependent on AI tools, driven heavily by a fear of falling behind their classmates

Spicy food can reduce extreme physical pain - Researchers found holding a chili-infused gelatin cube in the mouth reduced how violently people reacted to high-intensity laser heat applied to their hands, though it did not relieve the feeling of minor heat pain.

Support for authoritarian leaders can spread socially among citizens in established democracies

Study found evidence of partisan behavior in children aged five to nine - they frequently endorsed their own group’s claims even when evidence suggested otherwise

Study of people’s responses to anti-immigration message from Nigel Farage found applause and laughter led to positive response from viewers, while mixed laughter and booing was damaging

People in close proximity to each other synchronize their heart rates

Adults with ADHD who struggle to manage emotions face a higher insomnia risk

Forcing people to vote doesn’t make them more engaged citizens, study from Belgium finds

An analysis of survey data covering the last five U.S

People with more pronounced autistic traits in the general population who have not been diagnosed with autism tend to engage more in camouflaging, which involves trying to act socially typical and hide their autistic traits

People in less democratic and less economically equal countries, including the United States, experience more hostility online

Parent-teen conflict can reverberate for decades and even influence how connected families feel generations later

Social media users tend to face more political hostility in less democratic and more unequal countries

Voters who do not align with the Democratic or Republican parties make up the largest portion of the American electorate

The passive consumption of endless short-form videos creates a specific type of cognitive fatigue popularly known as “brain rot”

Exposure to local hate crimes linked to mail-in voting preference

Sensory processing differences linked to sexual distress in autistic adults, which can lower relationship and sexual satisfaction

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