An Italian study finds that women's sexual satisfaction is more closely tied to orgasm frequency than men's, even though men generally report reaching orgasm more often than women.

Emotional blunting is common in depression and bipolar disorder, even after symptoms ease

Strong Social Networks Are Linked to Higher Birth Rates, Study of 100,750 Adults Across 299 Finnish Municipalities Finds — Communities With Greater Social Support and More Frequent Social Interactions Had Higher Fertility Rates…

Lower cognitive ability is linked to stronger Christian nationalist views, even after accounting for education

Bad apple effect: study shows how people are influenced by rule-breaking of others

New psychology research suggests some acts of kindness may also serve competitive social goals, shedding light on how women can use altruistic behavior to gain status, strengthen relationships…

Women Are More Likely to Be Interested in Jobs Where Most Employees Are Women

Research found restricting phone use in class improves academic performance, especially among lower-performing students, with minimal impact on higher-performing students

Women who use hormonal contraceptives tend to evaluate their own romantic and social qualities more favorably than women who do not use them

A new study found conversational AI chatbots can worsen psychotic symptoms in a small fraction of mental health patients by validating their delusions, with individuals experiencing their first episode of psychosis being the most vulnerable.

A new study indicates that adults who experience severe material disruptions after a breakup, such as moving or changing financial circumstances, report higher levels of ambiguity and flux regarding their sexual identity, whereas psychological distress does not show the same link.

Using smartwatches and daily surveys to track people's lifestyle, study finds that machine learning-guided interventions significantly reduce depression symptoms

People who watched a dull 25-minute video of a man folding laundry punched a punching bag more often and harder than people who watched a fun one

A study using genetic, health and Fitbit data found that higher physical activity was associated with weaker links between genetic risk for depression and symptom severity

Pregnant women with a history of childhood neglect show stronger inflammatory reactions to stress

A new study indicates that adults with depression or anxiety who experienced childhood trauma face significantly higher odds of recent suicidal thoughts and suicide attempts.

How literature can inspire us to forgive: In a new study, the use of a writing technique called ‘internal focalization’ fosters empathy.

Certain parenting approaches, such as lower supervision and inconsistent discipline, are associated with a higher likelihood that children will show behavioral and emotional problems…

Poor sleep can cause employees to clash with their supervisors and other higher-ranking colleagues

New research provides strong evidence to suggest that horseback riding can help reduce hyperactivity and improve other behavioral and emotional challenges in children with autism and other psychiatric disorders.

Conservatives describe themselves as more rigid thinkers than liberals, but across 4 studies of 4,800+ Americans they were mostly no more likely to back a policy just because their party did

A large Scottish study found screen time is not consistently tied to children's emotional or behavioral problems once family background and environment are taken into account, suggesting that guidelines strictly focused on time limits may have a limited impact.

A study finds people don’t only compare their bodies to someone else’s, but are just as likely to compare their current bodies to their former selves, with harmful results

A new study links sexually objectifying messages from family during upbringing to higher self-objectification in young women, which in turn is associated with greater difficulty refusing unwanted sex…

In a VR experiment, participants paid a female-presenting AI assistant about 10% less than a male-presenting one for the same work, though both ran on the same AI model with the same instructions

Impact of socioeconomic factors and birth-related conditions on autism spectrum disorder, Down syndrome, and attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder

Prompt-based emotional scaffolding in generative AI: Effects on self-regulated learning and socio-emotional outcomes

Financial and relationship worries predict bad dreams. Psychologists frame the relationship between daily life and sleep as the Continuity Hypothesis

After a scandal involving a beloved artist, the brain tricks us: it reconciles a fallen artist with their adored art by rewriting our memories in 2 completely different directions

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