Research shows we perceive unfailingly cheerful people as ignorant, naive, or not capable of critical thinking.

By Emma Young. But study also finds no evidence that only children are any more altruistic.

People benefit from deep and meaningful conversations that help us forge connections with one another, but we often stick to small talk with strangers because we underestimate how much others are interested in our lives and wrongly believe that deeper conversations will be more awkward and less enjoyable than they actually are, according to research published by the American Psychological Association.

Dozens of traditional cultures use a whistled form of their native language for long-distance communication. You could, too.

Exploring the changing nature of public debate

Decades of research gives insight into how free our choices really are.

Overwork culture is thriving; we think of long hours and constant exhaustion as a marker of success. Given what we know about burnout, why do we do give in?

Lies and distortions don’t just afflict the ignorant. The more you know, the more vulnerable you can be to infection

About 97% of the most-bullied boys and 73% of the most-bullied girls have violent fantasies, according to a new study of 1,465 young people.

Types of challenging behaviour

One of nature's most prolific cannibals could be hiding in your pantry, and biologists have used it to show how social structure affects the evolution of selfish behavior.

The anger feels so good, but it’s insidious

A new study finds that on average, participants wished their conversations had been 1.9 minutes (or 24%) longer than they were.

Many Westerners take morning showers, toilet tissue and sitting toilets for granted. But in much of the rest of the world, these habits are rather strange – and may be less hygienic.

Don’t try to change someone else’s mind. Instead, help them find their own motivation to change.

How often do you clear out old photos on your phone or tidy up your email inbox? You just may be a digital hoarder, and researchers from Northumbria University have identified four distinct types.

The pandemic has helped expose an urgent problem—the widespread lack of public washrooms. Rose Hendrie on where we can and cannot go.

Scientists in Brazil have linked resistance to Covid-19 safety measures, such as wearing a mask, with antisocial personality traits. Their study was the first of its kind in Latin America and surveyed over 1,500 people aged 18-73. Using a questionnaire, the scientists sought to identify the participants’ affective resonance - their impulse to act on feelings stirred by another person - and asked a series of personality questions about how well certain statements represented their behaviour on a scale.

Men and women are equally likely to wear face masks during the COVID-19 pandemic, according to new research.

Despite more of the population staying at home as government policies on COVID-19 become stricter, a study has found that a person’s personality influences how