Psychology

Only one in three American voters are authoritarians. But that was enough to elect Trump.

Previous research has shown how loneliness can lead to an early death.

Research reveals the emotional experience of dying is a more positive one than we imagine.

A man's level of self-confidence and sociability is tied to a higher income in later life—and these positive traits are increasing in society over recent decades.

Experiments show people who are more "open" are more creative, and these people have different visual experiences, experiments show.

A psychologist unravels our varied responses to human atrocities.

Exposing people to a few "alternative facts" in a controlled setting could build up their immunity to serious misinformation.

A professor who researches secrecy explains why and how secrets weigh on us and why we're motivated to share them.

Better data means better estimates and more recent data means collecting data at a time when more people can safely/publicly identify as trans.

Research suggests a link between high "disgust sensitivity" to germs and xenophobia.

Nearly one in five prisoners in the U.S. is put in solitary confinement, where they spend 23 hours a day in a spartan concrete box the size of a parking space.

Power holders speak more, often interrupt others and express their true sentiments and desires more than other people.

A new study confirms what psychologist Stanley Milgram showed more than 50 years ago: the disturbing extent to which people will obey orders even when those orders cause pain in others.

The internet provides an anonymity and trolls can reveal aspects of their personality that are held in check by social etiquette and rules.

Previous assessments of happiness and unhappiness didn't examine mental health.

Death doesn't have to be so scary, and having a plan of approaching fears can make a critical difference during a tough time.

There is such a thing as being "too nice for your own good," apparently.

Surveys in Western cultures estimated belief in aliens to be as high as 50 percent in 2015.

How to get a fussy child to eat vegetables is a question that plagues many frustrated parents.

A recent study of Chinese women found a link between blood pressure and the sex of the baby.

The integration of neuroscience, psychology, microeconomic theory, and social intelligence has bred a field that provides insights and underlying assumptions to our normal interactions.

We form connections between our sense of self and the things we consider ours on a neural level.

Millennials grew up in an age when cultural shifts taught everyone to pay more attention to their feelings.

A soldier tells the story of an unlikely bond he formed with a reporter while stationed in Kosovo.

The issue could become the 'final straw' when relationships are vulnerable, experts said.

Former German Army paratrooper shares his tips for handling mental stress during war.

The brain's emotion network responds less and less with each additional lie.

One in eight people hear voices in their head at least once in their life.

The worldwide sinister clown phenomenon stems from societal ideas about otherness.

Here are five ways to help your child if they are being bullied at school.