Poor control of thoughts may be associated with tendency to delay tasks.

Organizations are beginning to ask applicants questions about their support for diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI)

Study shows that a heightened interest in learning about threats can also lead people to be interested in less constructive types of stories: conspiracy theories.

Willingness to help refugees depends on their origin and is mediated by perceptions of similarity and threat: Swedish study found British participants were more willing to help, hire and donate money to Ukrainian than Yemeni refugees.

Boarding school students get 40 minutes more sleep most nights than day students, due to fixed bedtimes and stricter policies around technology use

Review of 80 effect sizes finds no relationship between temperature and prosocial or antisocial behavior: The authors found "little support for either the warmth-primes-prosociality view or the heat-facilitates-aggression view."

Social anxiety may be an adaptive strategy against past and/or present interactions associated with status threats (e.g., feeling humiliated).

Recognition of facial emotions across the lifespan: 8-year-olds were better than 5-year-olds, young adults than all groups, and there was a striking similarity between 8-year-olds and older adults, indicating that older adults' recognition abilities are equivalent to that of an 8-year-old.

A defendant who doesn’t swear an oath to God is more likely to be found guilty by a jury composed of people who do

2 studies of video games and violence found difficulty increased hostility in the second study but not the first, but violent content influenced neither hostility nor aggressive behavior

Countries with high levels of collective narcissism are less supportive of democracy, study in U.S. and Poland finds.

The exciting nature of conspiracy theories helps to facilitate their belief, according to new research

Frontline workers were less distressed during pandemic than the public

What is a face worth: Facial attractiveness biases experience‐based monetary decision‐making [Attractive, but financially disadvantageous partners were preferred to the same extent (or more) as unattractive‐advantageous partners]

A one‐semester course for high school students regarding happiness and well‐being demonstrated significant changes in positive attitudes, affective balance, and knowledge about happiness.

Neoliberalism can reduce well‐being by promoting a sense of social disconnection, competition, and loneliness