Is a person's race "fixed"? It seems not. Since race is a cultural construct, perceptions of race may shift as a result of changes to the perceiver's social goals and motivations, so it always seems…

Can rats show regret and, if so, how would we know? Neuroscientists at the University of Minnesota say they do and it's intriguing because regret is a cognitive behavior thought to be uniquely and…

700 people under the age of 25 die by suicide in the UK per year. 160 young people under the age of 20 die by suicide in England each year and there are higher rates of suicide in young people in…

A sense of entitlement appears to be linked to sexism, say psychologists who believe entitled men are more likely to endorse hostile views of women while entitled women are more likely to think women…

Everything you do changes your brain, even reading this sentence. A psychologist from the University of Hertfordshire believes that clothing impacts the way we think and literally changes…

In Mexico, 21.7 percent of the population smokes. By now, smoking has been implicated in every possible condition - lung cancer, obviously, but then crazy claims like that third-hand smoke could lead…

Exposing infants to a new vegetable early in life encourages them to eat more of it compared to offering novel vegetables to older children, say psychologists from the University of Leeds. Of course…

Want to be sexier? Ask your next potential boyfriend to meet you in a bakery. Perfumes and scented products have been used for centuries as a way to enhance overall personal appearance and studies…

In the medical work force, women have representation no different than any other corporation. That makes sense, women have accounts for half of all medical student graduates for decades. Yet in the…

I may have once endorsed Eckhart Tolle by pointing out similarities between Tolle and Muho. Muho wrote to me that he does not know why his own meditative practice worked for him. In my eyes, such…