Viewing sad, emotionally intense art can stir both sorrow and pleasure—and may even help people feel more connected and ...

For individuals experiencing depression, such interactions can be uncomfortable or emotionally taxing. People with depression ...

New research reveals that financial satisfaction is tied to present well-being, but income predicts how people’s happiness ...

Better emotional skills in childhood are linked to stronger reading comprehension years later, according to new research.

A new study published in Biological Psychology has found that women—whether they are mothers or not—are more likely to have their attention captured by distressed infant faces, even when those faces ...

A new study published in the Journal of Race, Ethnicity, and Politics challenges common assumptions about gender and racial group behavior in American politics. The researchers found that support for ...

A new large-scale analysis sheds light on a question many siblings have asked at some point: “Who’s the favorite?” Published in Psychological Bulletin, the study found that parents are somewhat more ...

You have probably heard the saying that the eyes are the windows to the soul, but now it turns out that they are also connected to how we breathe. Scientists have long studied the size of our pupils ...

Adults who experienced dysfunctional parenting in childhood may struggle more with daily functioning later in life, and this could be partly due to the way those early experiences shape their ...

A new study published in Neurobiology of Aging suggests that even in people without diabetes, higher blood sugar levels may be associated with reduced brain function in networks involved in autonomic ...

A new study published in Self & Identity reveals that agnosticism represents more than mere hesitation between belief and disbelief. Research findings indicate agnostics possess a distinct ...

New research published in Psychology of Popular Media finds that people in one-sided romantic attachments with celebrities — known as parasocial romantic relationships — can experience jealousy when ...