A new study published in Psychology of Popular Media suggests that human romantic attraction to fictional characters may ...

Public expressions of gratitude are generally viewed as positive social glue that strengthens relationships and signals warmth. However, new research suggests that offering effusive thanks may come ...

Despite decades of research, scientists struggle to understand the mental health implications of DNA. Researchers were able ...

A new nationwide study shows that a simple Smartphone app can help people stop catastrophizing and improve their functioning.

In light of an estimated replication rate of only 36% out of 100 replication attempts conducted by the Open Science Collaboration in 2015 (OSC2015), many believe that experimental psychology suffers ...

It’s the opposite of a “feel-good” moment. While hugs might seem like a display of affection, psychopaths use embraces and other forms of physical contact to control their partners, per an unsettling ...

The study, published in the Journal Of Experimental Psychology, revealed that there are "cool" people are universally perceived as more extroverted, hedonistic, powerful, adventurous, open and ...

There is an open secret in the study of child development: Most of what we think we know about how babies develop is actually based on a specific subset of kids—those born to families from Western, ...

Despite earning a cognitive psychology degree from the top public US uni, Alyssa Indrajaya paid only US$26,907 yearly for ...