progscrape: psychology

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

23 days ago psychologytoday.com psychology

Kids received mental health treatment in record numbers after pandemic

23 days ago eurekalert.org psychology

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

21 days ago psypost.org ai psychology

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.

12 days ago psypost.org psychology

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

23 days ago psypost.org psychology

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

32 days ago nyu.edu psychology

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

17 days ago aston.ac.uk psychology

People in close proximity to each other synchronize their heart rates

25 days ago psypost.org psychology

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

26 days ago psypost.org psychology

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

27 days ago psypost.org psychology

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

33 days ago psypost.org psychology

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

41 days ago psypost.org autism psychology

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

39 days ago nature.com psychology

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

27 days ago onlinelibrary.wiley.com psychology

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

39 days ago psypost.org media psychology

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

39 days ago psypost.org psychology

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

18 days ago psypost.org brain psychology video

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

34 days ago psypost.org psychology

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

32 days ago psypost.org autism psychology

Intelligence test scores are dropping, especially among wealthier families

28 days ago doi.org psychology

Strict bosses can lead to employees doing less at work

32 days ago doi.org psychology

Toxic societies breed darker personalities; a 2025 study links corruption, inequality & violence to higher dark factor (D) scores worldwide

34 days ago sciencealert.com d psychology

Modern life may be outpacing the human mind

39 days ago asiaresearchnews.com psychology

Research has found growing up in a society with a wide gap between the rich and the poor is linked to higher rates of depressive symptoms later in adulthood

40 days ago psypost.org psychology

Book smarts and life smarts are driven by the exact same intelligence, study finds

30 days ago psypost.org psychology

New study explores the psychological chain behind involuntary sexual thoughts