New study shows how the frontoparietal cortex manages information flow and guides responses. The frontoparietal…
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Psychology is the scientific study of the mind and behavior, exploring how individuals think, feel, and act both as individuals and within groups. It encompasses a wide range of subfields, including cognitive psychology, developmental psychology, social psychology, and clinical psychology, among others. Researchers in this field investigate everything from memory and decision-making to emotion, personality, mental health, and the brain’s role in shaping behavior. Ongoing studies continue to deepen our understanding of human thought and experience, offering insights that impact education, health, technology, and society. Explore the latest psychological research and discoveries here.
A new eye-tracking study reveals how depression shapes children’s attention to happy and sad faces.…
The most harmful smartphone habit may not be spending hours on a device, but repeatedly…
A new study finds that as people age, they remember fewer details from their past…
A professor proposes that behavior emerges through continuous interactions among sensory, sensorimotor, and motor processes…
Autism diagnoses have risen dramatically as definitions have expanded, but that shift may carry unexpected…
New research suggests that even a small shift in posture may influence both mood and…
Treating loneliness as a health issue may encourage action while obscuring the broader social conditions…
By expanding dynamical systems theories to account for forgetting rates, attraction levels, and reaction patterns,…
Loneliness appears closely tied to poorer mental health, well-being and overall health. Feeling lonely is…
Men and women performed similarly on most multitasking measures, but a difference in conversational engagement…
A large longitudinal study examined whether hormone exposure from combined oral contraceptives is associated with…
Imagery-based therapy may help people respond differently to painful childhood memories and reduce the fear…
A new study examines why eerie online worlds like the “Backrooms” have become so captivating.…
Scientists found that spending time with cats and dogs can improve owners’ mood, but not…
Foreign veterans fighting in Ukraine face intense combat, serious mental health challenges, and limited access…
A decades-old psychology test exposed a surprising weakness in AI’s ability to stay focused. A…
A study at one of Earth’s most isolated research stations offers new clues about how…