What makes one person more creative than another? Creativity is hard to define and perhaps even more difficult to measure, but scientists think they've come up with a remarkably simple way of assessing at least one aspect of it.

Ah, the sweet, sweet victory of coming in third! Though it may be hard to tell at the Tokyo Olympic Games with athletes forced to wear masks on the medal podium, it turns out bronze medalists are likely happier than those who win silver.

Dr. Todd Grande has a very insightful lecture worth watching.

When the COVID-19 pandemic started, many U.S. teens were more worried about the disruption to their education than the possibility of getting sick. A May ...

USF researcher finds all it takes is three consecutive nights of sleep loss to cause your mental and physical well-being to greatly deteriorate.

Learn how to stay cool in the heat.

Belief in science predicts face mask wearing behavior during the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States, according to a new study published in Personality ...

A Wall Street Journal investigation found that TikTok only needs one important piece of information to figure out what you want

Buying things won't make you happier. But research shows that buying time can, as long as you do it the right way.

Researchers find that body art can help survivors cope with trauma.

Two new books explore what unbelievers actually believe.

According to a study published in Psychological Reports, a workplace’s tendency for bullshit does not go unnoticed by its employees.

New research published in the journal i-Perception indicates that wearing a sanitary mask can affect perceptions of facial attractiveness and that these perceptions have shifted in the wake of the novel coronavirus outbreak.

The research sought to uncover the relationship between temperament and eating behaviors in early childhood. The findings are critical because faster eating and greater responsiveness to food cues have been linked to obesity risk in children.

New research published in Applied Cognitive Psychology provides evidence that critical thinking skills are negatively related to belief in conspiracy theories. In other words, the study suggests that people with greater critical thinking skills are less likely to believe that terrorist attacks are being covertly directed by a country’s own government or that mind-control technology is secretly being used to control the population.

One summer day in the ocean off Panama City Beach, two boys out for a swim got caught in a rip current. When their mother heard their cries, she and several other family members dove into the ocean, only to be trapped in the current, too. Then, in a powerful display of character, complete strangers on the beach took action. Forming a human chain of 70 to 80 bodies, they stretched out into the ocean and rescued everyone.

We’ve faced bad tidings for over a year now. But, viewing the news makes us feels awful; ignoring it doesn’t feel right either. Recently, Psychologist Terri Apter wrote about the “phenomenon in human behavior.” She describes how catastrophic events reduce procrastination and lazy thinking.

Why hugging 8 times in a day daily is important is an interesting question…… Hugging is a handshake from the heart. The simple action of hugging creates good and positive energy for both the giver and recipient.

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The term “affluenza”—a portmanteau of affluence and influenza, defined as a “painful, contagious, socially transmitted condition of overload, debt, anxiety, and waste, resulting from the dogged pursuit of more”—is often dismissed as a silly buzzword created to express our cultural disdain for consumerism. Though often used in jest, the term may contain more truth than many of us would like to think.