Religion can be a 'lynchpin' for achieving widespread global action on climate change, says psychologist Dr. Paul Bain from Queensland University of Technology. This was well-known, of course, but in…

Autism spectrum disorder is a group of social and neurodevelopmental disorders that include difficulty with interpersonal interaction, communication and excessive repetitive behaviors. Currently,…

How does the price impact your evaluation of a restaurant meal? Psychologists have long believed that we judge experiences based on their most intense moment (the peak) and the last part of the…

Researchers at a breast cancer prevention clinic in Manchester have observed an increased uptake of preventative double mastectomies since May 2013, when Angelina Jolie announced that she had…

Most people who take up cigarette smoking, and place themselves at greater risk of cancer and lung ailments, start when they are young. A new RAND Corporation analysis finds the answer may be as…

Sex will make for a happy couple, according to social psychologists, and you don't even need to do it all that often. Previous claims, and resulting articles and self-help books, have claimed…

A popular Buddhist meditation technique that's intended to create feelings of kindness can also reduce prejudice, according to a new psychology paper. The work in Motivation and Emotion says that…

If you're a man, how much you eat may have more to do with the gender of your dining companions than your appetite, according to a paper published in Evolutionary Psychological Science which claims…

A team of scholars recently looked at what emotional effects - if any - eating different yogurts had on people. Their article in Food Research International claims that being pleasantly…

Some people throw salt over their shoulder, some wear a particular shirt when their favorite sports team is playing, while some believe food grown using one process rather than another will mean…