A team of researchers led by psychologists at the University of Georgia have found that the silencing of a specific gene may affect human social behavior, including a person's ability to form healthy relationships or to recognize ...
Jun 20, 2016
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Can machines think? That's what renowned mathematician Alan Turing sought to understand back in the 1950s when he created an imitation game to find out if a human interrogator could tell a human from a machine based solely ...
May 17, 2016
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The complex biochemistry of cannabis and how it affects the brain is only beginning to be understood. Lucy Troup, assistant professor of psychology at Colorado State University, has set out to answer specifically how, if ...
Feb 29, 2016
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Being mom's favorite child is not a guarantee that it is best for one's psychological health, according to new research from Purdue University.
Nov 5, 2015
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Depressed people who turn to their smart phones for relief may only be making things worse.
Aug 25, 2015
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Soldiers with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) may see a world more full of threat than those not suffering from the affliction, according to a study led by UBC and The Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids) in Toronto.
Jun 26, 2015
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Do you get impulsive when you're upset? If so, this could be putting you at risk for binge eating.
May 28, 2015
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As emotions go, happiness usually hides in plain sight: seen in a broad smile, heard in a raucous laugh, felt in a big hug.
May 26, 2015
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Humans may be able to communicate positive emotions like happiness through the smell of our sweat, according to new research published in Psychological Science, a journal of the Association for Psychological Science. The ...
Apr 16, 2015
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Caregivers who employ adult daycare services to help care for individuals with dementia have fewer emotional ups and downs, and that may protect the caregivers' health, according to Penn State researchers.
Nov 19, 2014
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