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Leading science journalists provide a weekly one-minute commentary on the latest developments in the science of brain and behavior. For a full-length, weekly podcast you can subscribe to Sci...
Choosing a user name starting with a letter appearing earlier in the alphabet is just one scientifically vetted way to increase the odds of...
High-calorie and exceedingly pleasurable foods appear to change rat brain rewards circuitry, causing the rodents to continue to seek such fa...
Parkinson’s patients derived more benefits from a salt solution they were told was an expensive drug than from the same solution when it was...
Of studies presented at conferences, those that found a cognitive benefit to bilingualism were almost twice as likely to get published in jo...
Implicit bias against another race lessened after volunteers experienced themselves via virtual reality as a member of that race. Karen Hopk...
Levels of a protein fragment in the blood paralleled how long head injuries benched hockey players. Ingrid Wickelgren reports
If you're in an up mood, you may walk more energetically. But a study finds that purposefully walking more energetically may improve your mo...
Subjects who kept pace with a walking colleague estimated a potential enemy to be smaller and lighter than did other walkers who were not ma...
Young adults who’d had highly controlling parents were less able to stress their own viewpoints to a friend or partner in confident and prod...
Absence from work due to illness increased dramatically for those who slept less than six hours or more than nine hours per night. Christie...
The direction of your gaze when looking at someone offers an unconscious, automatic giveaway of whether your initial reaction is romance or...
People who had to strike up conversations on a subway later reported feeling happier than those who didn’t. Christie Nicholson reports.
Survey subjects rated life experiences as making them happier and as a better use of money than buying objects. But they actually spent thei...
Children who experience neglect, abuse and/or poverty can have smaller amygdalas and hippocampuses, brain regions involved in emotion and me...
Monkeys trained to play fixed video games made moves indicating that they expected certain patterns to occur. Erika Beras reports
Researchers studying anesthetized rats discovered a handful of activity patterns that may mark the path to consciousness after anesthesia. K...
Our ability to pinpoint pain varies across the body, and in a specific pattern. Christie Nicholson reports
Researchers could tell what sounds blindfolded volunters were hearing by analyzing activity in their visual cortexes. Christie Nicholson rep...
Thirty-three families allowed themselves to be recorded for up to six nights. Parents who said they supported corporal punishment did it oft...
In a study covering five different countries, subjects reported feeling best on the days when they practiced what are considered extroverted...
Food’s texture in your mouth—also called “mouthfeel” or “oral haptics”—influences estimates of calorie counts. And people might eat more cru...
Teenage drivers who have a high sensitivity to stress actually have lower rates of car accidents than their more mellow friends. Christie Ni...
What's being called "nomophobia," the anxiety of not having your mobile phone with you, may be a real condition among teens, at least accord...
Girls who played with dolls were then asked about future careers. Those who played with Barbie more likely to envision traditional pink-coll...
Children who heard descriptions of animals behaving like humans were less likely to attribute to a real animal a newly learned biological fa...
Moms were better able to sway a child's perception of risk when they explained the reasons an activity was dangerous and its possible conseq...
Adults who had been members of gangs in their adolescence had poorer outcomes on a variety of measures, including physical and mental health...
Babies learning speech figure out what an object is by listening to others talk about what that object does. Christie Nicholson reports
Recent and easily retrievable information can overwrite the details of memories, thus altering them in your mind. Christie Nicholson reports
People who played instruments as children responded a bit quicker to complex speech sounds as adults, even if they had not played an instrum...
Psychologists found that encouraging newlywed couples to watch romance flicks, and then discuss them cut the three-year divorce rate in half...
A meta-analysis of 47 previously published studies concludes that there's moderate evidence for meditation offering some relief of anxiety a...
Brain-training games seem to temporarily improve specific tasks, but claims that they can improve overall brain function have yet to be prov...
Computer-use affects the brain's ability to generalize the skill of moving a mouse. Christie Nicholson reports
A survey of 2500 Americans finds that despite many knowing about Jolie's preventive double mastectomy, most remain in the dark about breast...
Scores on standardized tests may go up but a student's ability for abstract and logical thinking may not improve. Christie Nicholson reports
If you want to catch someone in a lie, you'll raise your odds in the afternoons, as most people are more likely to cheat or lie then as oppo...
If you over-eat or under-eat as a reaction to stress, don't worry, your body may compensate to balance you over time. Christie Nicholson rep...
Looking at photos of food can lead us to become bored with other similar foods. Christie Nicholson reports
Exposure to a fearful memory while in deep sleep may help reduce the fear. Christie Nicholson reports
In a group experiment, members who donated the least and the most to the community were both ostracized. Amy Kraft reports
It appears we might be born with the knowledge that living things have insides and are not hollow. Christie Nicholson reports
A recent experiment finds that when people are about to lie via digital text they take longer to construct their words. Christie Nicholson r...
Turns out that if we think something looks like trash then we probably won't bother recycling it. Christie Nicholson reports
Changes in youth football practices cut total hits to the head in half, while leaving game situations unaffected. Ingrid Wickelgren reports.
People ate less of a portion of food if it was labeled "double-size" rather than "regular." Karen Hopkin reports
When it comes to news or political statements, the more powerful the speaker the more we are likely to believe them. Christie Nicholson repo...
A survey of thousands finds that our mood during the young adult years is a good predictor of later happiness in retirement. Christie Nichol...
Fighting couples don't want an apology, but rather for one partner to relinquish power. Christie Nicholson reports
A study finds that large, expansive body postures may influence people's honesty. Christie Nicholson reports