New research published in JAMA Network Open has identified a common brain circuit linked to creativity across multiple domains, such as music, writing, drawing, and idea generation. The findings ...

People prone to conspiracy theories may share cognitive tendencies with those who experience delusional thinking. Two new studies suggest that biases like anomalous perception and impulsive reasoning ...

A new study published in the Archives of Sexual Behavior provides evidence that men’s sperm quality is influenced by how many potential sexual rivals they believe their partner has. Men who thought ...

The inspiration for this study stemmed from a modern societal challenge – the quest for a meaningful life in an era marked by social, economic, and existential uncertainties. Researchers were driven ...

Recent research published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences has found that large language models, such as ChatGPT-4, demonstrate an unexpected capacity to solve tasks typically ...

The number of people who read for fun appears to be steadily dropping. Fifty percent of UK adults say they don’t read regularly (up from 42% in 2015) and almost one in four young people aged 16-24 say ...

Cats, like dogs and even human babies, can develop different kinds of emotional attachments to their owners, and these attachments have a noticeable impact on their lives, according to new research ...

Can a strong female character who is also highly sexualized inspire positive perceptions from players? Not necessarily, according to a new study in Communication Research. Researchers found that while ...

While keyboards dominate modern classrooms, a new study in Frontiers in Psychology suggests handwriting may be irreplaceable when it comes to learning. Researchers found that writing by hand activates ...

A new study published in The Journal of Neuroscience suggests that people who are more attuned to their internal bodily sensations are also more likely to make moral decisions that align with the ...

A new study published in Psychological Science suggests that making small, voluntary charitable donations each day—amounting to as little as one Chinese cent—can help reduce depressive symptoms and ...

Even a short period away from your smartphone can lead to noticeable shifts in brain activity, according to new research published in the journal Computers in Human Behavior. Scientists discovered ...