There's no awareness issue in climate change - almost no one on the planet hasn't heard of it or lacks an opinion. 62% of Americans believe global warming is happening - which means 38% do not. Like…

If you are physically strong, social science scholars believe they can predict whether or not you are more conservative than other men. This might seem obvious. Fitness takes a lot of individual…

The Rubber Hand illusion never fails to teach us new things - not just about neuroscience, but also about culture. If you are not familiar with the Rubber Hand illusion, it shows that the combination…

Social and evolutionary psychology studies get a large share of media attention despite being primarily based on surveys of psychology undergraduate students. It was only a matter of time before…

The National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) is distancing itself from the the American Psychiatric Association and its upcoming Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-5). While…

School violence has always been an important social issue world-wide because it poses a significant threat to the health, achievement, and well-being of students. In recent times and with 24-hour…

A paper in Journal of Affective Disorders found that belief in God was correlated to improved outcomes for those receiving short-term treatment for psychiatric illness. Dr. David H. Rosmarin,…

In a recent study, an area of the brain that initiates behavioral changes had greater activation in smokers who watched anti-smoking ads with strong arguments than ads with clever tricks like loud…

Suicide is the 10th leading cause of death in the United States. Statistics show that 38 percent of suicidal adults and 90 percent of youths had visited their primary care physicians in the 12 months…

Humans navigate complex social situations in deciding who to befriend or to abandon - a "frenemy" is someone who is both friend and enemy while the old military saying is that 'the enemy of my enemy…