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These research articles involve many aspects of psychology such as cognitive psychology, depression studies, mental health, stress, happiness and neuropsychology, Scroll below for more specific categories.

Wine Descriptions Make Us More Emotional About Wine

A new study reveals consumers had increased emotions and were encouraged to pay more based upon the description of specific wines.

Altruism Changing Western Society

A rise in individualism helps create generations of people with more altruistic mindsets, researchers report.

Social Experience Tweaks Genome Function to Modify Future Behavior

Researchers have identified the activity of a genetic network that responds to social stress in mice.

Insomnia Associated With Increased Risk of Suicidality

According to researchers, people with insomnia are more likely to report thoughts of death and suicide during a 30 day period than those who don't suffer from sleep disturbances.

Cultural Background Linked to How People Deceive Others

According to researchers, a person's cultural background influences their language changes when they enter into a deceptive statement.

Genes Influence Ability to Read a Person’s Mind From Their Eyes

Researchers report our genetic makeup influences our ability to read a person's emotions or thoughts through their eyes.

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Improving Creativity Through Electrical Brain Stimulation

Electrically stimulating the dorsolateral prefrontal cortex can enhance out ability to 'think outside the box', a new study reports.

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Sequential Options Prompt Future Thinking and Boost Patience

According to researchers, people are better able to exercise patience and better imagine future outcomes when framing choices as a sequence of events.

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Brain Damage Can Make Sideways Faces More Memorable and Give Us ‘Emotional Blindness’

Research sheds light on how damage to the amygdala affects facial recognition and gaze perception.

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Mother’s Personality Can Affect Child’s Mental Health

According to researchers, mothers who express dysfunctional personality traits put their children at increased risk of developing psychological problems later in life.

Explaining the Link Between Seizures and Psychiatric Disorders

Newly identified neurons in the reticular thalamus could help shed light on the link between seizures and psychiatric disorders such as ADHD and schizophrenia, a new study reports.