Pediatrics
What the *#@%?! How to respond when your child swears
Parents can often find themselves staring in bewilderment at the little human they helped to create.
Sep 22, 2023
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News tagged with swearing
Psychology & Psychiatry
Researchers study how swearing gets its power to elicit emotional responses
Swearing is an entirely different and "more powerful" form of communication than regular language use, researchers have suggested.
Mar 8, 2023
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Neuroscience
The power of swearing: how obscene words influence your mind, body and relationships
Swearing was long dismissed as a topic of serious research because it was assumed to be simply a sign of aggression, weak language proficiency or even low intelligence. We now have quite a lot of evidence that challenges ...
Oct 19, 2022
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Swearing can increase self-confidence, physical strength and risky behavior
Keele University researchers have found that swearing can increase self-confidence and risk-taking behavior, as well as boosting physical strength.
Mar 24, 2022
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Swearing helps us battle pain – no matter what language we curse in
Swear words have many functions. They can be used for emphasis, for comedic effect, as a shared linguistic tool that strengthens social bonds and maintains relationships, or simply to cause offence and shock.
Dec 14, 2017
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Taboo words' impact mediated by context, listeners' likelihood of being offended
Taboo words provoke certain responses in readers' heart rates and brains, diminishing their attention and memory, research has shown.
Aug 10, 2017
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Swearing relieves both physical and social pain, study finds
Swearing has been shown to relieve physical pain when it comes to banging your toe or slamming a finger in a door. Now, a new psychology study shows we shouldn't be coy about cursing when suffering from an aching heart or ...
Jun 1, 2017
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Swearing aloud can make you stronger
In the research, Dr Stephens and his team conducted two experiments. In the first, 29 participants completed a test of anaerobic power—a short, intense period on an exercise bike—after both swearing and not swearing. ...
May 5, 2017
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Swearing correlated with higher language-related intelligence
The use of obscene or taboo language, or swearing as it's more commonly known, is often seen as a sign that the speaker lacks vocabulary, cannot express themselves in a less offensive way, or even lacks intelligence. Studies ...
Feb 2, 2017
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Emotional arousal makes us better at swearing
People swear more colourfully when they are in a emotionally aroused state. This suggests that swearing is closely related to emotion.
May 8, 2014
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