Impostor Syndrome Is Quite Common – Study Finds Best Way to Cope With It
The impostor syndrome, a phenomenon that manifests when people feel like frauds even if they are actually capable and well-qualified, affects people both in the…
The impostor syndrome, a phenomenon that manifests when people feel like frauds even if they are actually capable and well-qualified, affects people both in the…
Racial stereotypes may play role with assumptions that African-Americans are more violent, study finds. People are more likely to blame violent video games as a…
Passion, grit, the right mindset, and support from others are what’s needed to rank among the best in a given field. That’s the only way…
People who identify more intensely with a political tribe or ideology share an underlying psychological trait: low levels of cognitive flexibility, according to a new…
Findings from the University of Missouri study could help identify people at-risk. Help may be on the way for people who might lose contact with…
Voters may form false memories after seeing fabricated news stories, especially if those stories align with their political beliefs, according to research in Psychological Science,…
LSD (lysergic acid diethylamide) and other psychedelic drugs have a profound impact on human consciousness, particularly perception. Researchers at Yale and the University of Zurich…
When and where did humans develop language? To find out, look deep inside caves, suggests an MIT professor. More precisely, some specific features of cave…
People differ in their willingness to take risks. An individual’s propensity for risk taking can also vary across domains. But new research conducted at the…
A new study form Yale University details how some parents underestimate their children’s weight, a misperception with important implications for clinical prevention and treatment of…
New research from Yale University shows that climate science literacy is unrelated to public acceptance of human-caused global warming. Deep public divisions over climate change…
New research from Yale University shows that computer games can be used to change the behavior of psychopaths, teaching them to consider emotion and other…
A newly published study from Yale University reveals that a hypertension medication that targets stress may help smokers quit. Smokers trying to quit often light…
A newly published study from Yale University shows that although Capuchin monkeys exhibit a number of irrational behaviors similar to humans, the monkeys aren’t fooled…
Psychology and public health experts claim that regular cannabis use, which they consider once a week, is not safe and may result in addiction and…
UCLA scientists have identified for the first time the brain regions associated with the successful spread of ideas. How do ideas spread? What messages will…
New research from the University of Utah shows that the people most likely to multitask have the lowest multitasking ability, including people who talk on…
Newborn babies only a few hours old are able to differentiate between sounds from their native language and a foreign one. A new study indicates…