A father’s absence is linked to early puberty, but only if it happens during a crucial developmental window

How use of AI harms college students’ ability to learn: Students who copy answers from AI tools without verifying information experience declines in their ability to learn independently

Unmarried adults in their thirties and forties hold highly diverse goals for future relationships, with cohabitation being more popular than marriage

Gap between Democratic and Republican sponsorship of civil rights bills widened in rapid bursts during 1994 and 2014

Body dysmorphia is linked to an exaggerated cognitive bias for self-related information

Horror soundtracks can make friendly smiles feel eerie and threatening, study finds

Gen Z Americans are more willing to use blockades and violence to stop public speakers

A hands-free method of sexual arousal called syntribation is surprisingly common, study finds

The link between vitamin intake and depression largely vanishes when factoring in lifestyle

Brain scans reveal widespread structural and functional changes in patients following COVID-19 infection

Study suggests waist-to-bust ratio, not waist-to-hip ratio, drives female body attractiveness among Japanese men

Migraines are linked to accelerated brain aging in regions tied to memory and emotion

ADHD is associated with a higher likelihood of becoming an entrepreneur, but only for highly intelligent men

Depression and anxiety often occur together in the same people

Sexually aroused men are more prone to misjudging a woman’s interest in flirting by focusing on her clothing rather than her facial expressions

Single people who pursue novel activities report better psychological health

The type of luxury a person displays online can influence how attractive they appear to potential romantic partners

Lower-class employees face greater professional backlash for negotiating their salaries

Ketamine’s rapid relief of suicidal thoughts may be linked to an increase in morning cortisol

Social anxiety, not masking, may drive mental health struggles in autistic adults

Study links short-form video addiction to a decline in teenagers' academic coping skills

GLP-1 drugs like Ozempic may help clear Alzheimer’s disease plaques, new systematic review suggests

Recent psychological research provides evidence that adolescents who feel emotionally detached and unnoticed by others may be more likely to engage in addictive behaviors as a way to cope

Neuroscientists map how early-life scent memories evolve and move through the brain

New results contrast with traditional assumptions about gender desires

Men who crave social power are more likely to endorse strict beauty norms for women

Rising number of Americans who identify as political independents is driven by genuine dissatisfaction with their own preferred party, rather than a desire to hide their political leanings to avoid social judgment

People who feel lonely show altered brain activity when processing internal physical signals

Human evolution was driven by early humans’ ability to be clever and humorous, the “survival of the wittiest.” The analysis argues that the earliest stages of grammar provided a platform for verbal competition and sexual selection, gradually replacing physical violence with verbal agility.

Women globally place higher importance on moral identity than men. The researchers analyzed data from 46,490 adults across 67 countries

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