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·January 10, 2017·5 min read

Revenge is Sweet: The Mood Enhancing Effect of Retaliation

A new study reflects upon how retaliation can lift mood when a person feels ostracized.

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·January 6, 2017·4 min read

New Personality Model Sets Up How We See Ourselves, and How Others See Us

A new model for identifying personality traits contrasts how people see themselves against how others see them.

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·January 6, 2017·4 min read

Gun Violence is a ‘Contagious’ Social Epidemic

Researchers use an epidemiological approach to assess the probability of an individual becoming a victim of gun violence.

Featured Genetics

·January 2, 2017·3 min read

Genes Affecting Communication Skills Linked to Genes Related to Psychiatric Disorders

A new study links genes that pose as a risk factor for autism and schizophrenia with genes that influence the ability to communicate during development.

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·January 2, 2017·4 min read

Delays in Child Development Linked to Parental Obesity

According to a new study, children of obese parents may face neurodevelopmental delays.

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·December 30, 2016·4 min read

Bat Calls Contain Wealth of Discernible Information

Rather than being born with a fixed set of communication skills, bats learn how to communicate, a new study reports.

Featured Psychology

·December 27, 2016·5 min read

Family Arguments Over The Holidays? Replaying Them in Detail May Be the Best Way to Cope

Replaying arguments in your head can be therapeutic and can prevent feelings of anxiety, researchers report.

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·December 27, 2016·5 min read

Oxytocin Enhances Social Affiliation in Chimps

Oxytocin enhances group affiliation and helps chimps to stand by one another against rivals, a new study reports.

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·December 19, 2016·4 min read

With Eyes or Nose? How Young Children Use Sensory Cues to Make Social Decisions

Smell influences how children evaluate strange faces, a new study reports.

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·December 16, 2016·6 min read

A Cure For Social Anxiety Disorder

A new study reports cognitive therapy appears to be most effective for treating social anxiety disorder.

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·December 15, 2016·5 min read

Researchers Make an Autism Breakthrough

Researchers report almost one thrid of all autism cases could be the result of a scarcity of nSR100, a protein important for brain development.

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·December 14, 2016·4 min read

Infants Show Apparent Awareness of Ethnic Differences

Children under the age of one appear to be able to notice differences when looking at the faces of women from different ethnic backgrounds, a new study reports.