Delaying gratification is not always the rational choice
By Simon Makin | Mar 11, 2013 | 4
Agreeable personalities produce more of the brain's natural painkillers
By John Pavlus | Mar 6, 2013 | 2
By Daisy Yuhas | Feb 28, 2013 | 17
By Sunny Sea Gold | Feb 27, 2013 | 8
How your grandpa's rough life might make you more anxious
By Carrie Arnold | Feb 11, 2013 | 8
Owning stuffed animals as an adult says nothing about your mental health
By Tori Rodriguez | Feb 8, 2013 | 5
Conflict and neglect affect health through adulthood
Fathers who sleep next to children have lower testosterone levels
By Morgen Peck | Feb 3, 2013 | 11
Using a tablet or computer in the late evening disrupts the body's melatonin production
By Stephani Sutherland | Feb 1, 2013 | 7
An attractive new method of deep-brain stimulation could solve that therapy's trickiest problems
By R. Douglas Fields | Jan 31, 2013 | 10
The most gregarious salespeople are not the most successful
By Melinda Wenner Moyer | Jan 27, 2013 | 7
Every cone snail species has easily 1,000 peptides of medical interest, which means cone snails offer millions of research possibilities--but how do you milk a snail?
By Daisy Yuhas | Jan 22, 2013 | 2
Recent research supports the effectiveness of "eye movement desensitization and reprocessing"
By Tori Rodriguez | Jan 18, 2013 | 9
A key attention region may underlie some octogenarians' unusual abilities
By Melinda Wenner Moyer | Jan 16, 2013 | 17
A training program in mindfulness reduces loneliness and social anxiety
By Tori Rodriguez | Jan 3, 2013 | 4
Casting willpower as a choice makes sticking to resolutions easier
By Tori Rodriguez | Jan 1, 2013 | 4
People can sense their partner's emotions via their body odor
By Tori Rodriguez | Dec 31, 2012 | 1
Dec 29, 2012 | 2
Mentally reframing a situation can ease negative feelings
By Carrie Arnold and Tori Rodriguez | Dec 28, 2012 | 10
We can guess people's attachment style with a glance at their footwear
By Tori Rodriguez | Dec 11, 2012 | 6
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Reruns spark contemplation about personal growth
By Sunny Sea Gold | Dec 7, 2012 | 7
Listen up: being attentive to others' needs allows you to wield more influence
By Tori Rodriguez | Dec 5, 2012 | 9
Hearing a song during the night might improve your playing
By Jessica Gross | Dec 3, 2012 | 4
Sleep may be a critical link—and therapeutic target—in mental illness
By David Levine | Nov 27, 2012 | 11
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