Females and Males React Differently to Social Isolation, Research Finds In a study with mice, researchers highlight the importance of accounting for gender differences when dealing with stress.
What Drives Lone Offenders? While "lonewolf" attackers are about 13 times more likely to have a mental illness than those operating in groups, mental illness alone cannot explain the phenomenon.
'Likes' Less Likely to Affect Self-Esteem of People with Purpose, Study Finds "Purposeful people noticed the positive feedback, but did not rely on it to feel good about themselves."
Oxytocin ‘Love Hormone’ May Enhance Spirituality, Research Finds The naturally-occurring compound affects “how we perceive the world and what we believe.”
Loneliness is a Heritable Trait, Study Finds In a genome-wide association study of over 10,000 people, researchers found that heritable genes are partially to blame for loneliness.
Study Identifies Four Basic Personality Types, Envious is Most Common Research shows that 90% of people can be classified into four basic personality types: Optimistic, Pessimistic, Trusting, and Envious.
The Science Behind Hypnosis and Mind-Reading Convinced it’s a hoax? Scientific literature suggests there’s an actual neural basis behind hypnosis.
Research Examines How Beardedness Affects Women's Attraction to Men Scientists used computer graphic manipulation to measure how women perceive beardedness when judging long-term relationships.