In traditionally masculine industries, such as construction, subordinates don't judge female leaders as harshly as their male counterparts when they slip-up.
New research uncovers the lasting changes in the brains of arachnophobes who underwent a two-hour exposure therapy session.
New research on food-beverage pairings highlights yet another reason parents should encourage their kids to choose water over soda.
A review of recent research shows that people are kinder to themselves and others when they're thinking about their own mortality.
Both male and female subjects in a recent experiment perceived near-naked men in sexualized ads as human beings, but could only see attractive women as objects.
Northwestern University trial provides new biological evidence that dual language speakers have enhanced auditory nervous systems.
The caricature of the snooty health nut may have some basis in reality.
New research shows that, just like in the movies, characters who swear in adolescent literature are presented with more positive attributes.
New research in Psychological Science suggests that mothers and fathers experience greater levels of joy and derive more meaning from life.
New research shows that interactive parent-infant music classes improve the social and cognitive development of six-month-olds.
Recent science has shown how important our minds are to our bodies, but they also reveal how difficult it is to define and promote happiness.
Brain trauma can sometimes reveal extraordinary talents in people. Now, savant syndrome is helping to create whole new fields of scientific discovery.
A new longitudinal study in Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin shows that family size, not birth order, matters for intelligence.
New research suggests that assertive Asian-Americans may be penalized for not adhering to racial stereotypes that peg them more as meek followers.
New research from Stanford University shows that more than 1.1 million adults in the U.S. may unwittingly wander around at night.
New research in Psychological Science uncovers a deterrent to our ability to relate to other people: our political ideologies.
A new study shows exposure to sunlight has little effect on children's academic performance, but the results raise even more questions.
New research suggests that companies should send out emails in batches to curb employees' desire to self-interrupt and push them to focus on their most pressing tasks.
To keep from tripping over one another, different parts of your brain run at different speeds.
Bipolar disorder can be an exhausting, nerve-wracking condition for patients and their families alike. In an excerpt from This Fragile Life, two parents learn of their son's illness.