Mathematics is a skill. Some people are better at it than others, so an individual person's math ability can range anywhere from being able to do simple arithmetic to calculus and abstract set theory…

Oxytocin, called the 'love hormone' in popular accounts, affects men and women differently in social contexts, say a group of psychologists. In men it improves the ability to identify competitive…

Breast reduction surgery has been linked to measurable improvements in several important areas of both physical health and quality of life, according to a new paper. The study used the BREAST-Q©…

Psychotherapy done over the Internet work is just as effective as face-to-face psychotherapy according to a new paper. The authors from the University of Zurich assumed that the two forms of…

Positive psychology is so powerful it can change gene expression, according to a paper in PNAS. A good state of mind, your happiness levels, affect your genes, say academics in psychoneuroimmunology…

Though we have access to a seemingly limitless amount of new music each day, we keep coming back to songs or albums, mostly stuff we liked at college age. It's common to prefer the familiar - even by…

When President Ronald Reagan told the Soviet Communists to "tear down this wall" in his legendary Berlin speech, it resonated with a lot of people. Reagan was regarded as someone who could do things…

Does buying a Snickers bar instead of a Milky Way improve a baseball team's chance to win?  You can't prove it doesn't - and for that reason the most superstitious baseball fans have little…

Is sex as addictive as cocaine or alcohol? It depends on who you ask. Obviously there is an entire industry built up around the idea that it is, just like there is an industry build around homeopathy…

Shy? You may be less happy. Surveys say so. In its happy journey into becoming anthropology, epidemiology is increasingly tackling social issues like they are diseases and using surveys as…