A neuroimaging study examines the brain's response to social exclusion.
Summary: While some researchers believe oxytocin is released to enhance a romantic relationship, this might not always be the case,...
As we age, the value of friendships grows stronger and may be more important to us than family relationships, a new study reports.
According to researchers, resources, relationships and parenting beliefs play key roles in how a father spends time with his children.
Study explores how interpersonal synchronization could help to decrease pain.
According to researchers, couples who fight following a lack of sleep expressed higher inflammation levels in blood samples.
A new study in Body Image reports women who evaluated as less attractive were more motivated to diet and be thin if they had a husband considered more attractive. The additional motivation to be thin was not apparent in women considered to be more attractive that their partner. In men, the motivation to diet was low, regardless of their own, or their wives' level of attractiveness.
Duke researchers report the brands your partners choose could impact your happiness.
A new study supports previous findings that show men have biological responses to becoming a parent. The study revealed men whose testosterone levels dropped during 9 months following birth were at higher risk of developing post partum depression. By contrast, those who experienced high testosterone were at higher risk of experiencing stress and tended to be more aggressive toward their partner.
A new study reveals how the mood of one friend can impact the moods of others in their social circle.
According to researchers, familial relationships in movies affect the reactions in the viewer's brain to moral dilemma addressed between characters.
A Frontiers in Psychiatry paper reports when male voles drink and their partner abstains, their relationship starts to suffer. The findings could help explain the link between discordant drinking and relationship breakdown in humans.
