Mindfulness training might enhance cognitive control processes and the ability to overcome distractions, according to new research.

Animal Crossing: New Horizons and Doom: Eternal offer some relief to lockdown misery

Yale psychiatrist Bandy X. Lee is leading a group of mental health professionals calling for President Donald Trump's ouster from office or the "complete removal" of his decision-making powers on the coronavirus response. Dr. Lee, a forensic psychiatrist at Yale School of Medicine and editor of the bestseller "The Dangerous Case of Donald Trump," recently convened a panel on the coronavirus in her role as president of the World Mental Health Coalition.

Shy people are more likely to experience anxiety during alcohol hangover, according to a recent Personality and Individual Differences study.

Mindfulness training can reduce intention to procrastinate on a task one would normally avoid, according to a recent study published in the International Journal of Applied Positive Psychology. Procrastination is characterized by the delaying of a task for a dysfunctional amount of time. Research has shown that the practice is relatively common in adults and can be especially harmful for university students. It’s a habit that can lead to unfavorable outcomes like stress, poor performance, anxiety, and depression.

Prosocial behavior was linked to intelligence by a new study published in Intelligence. It was found that highly intelligent people are more likely to behave in ways that contribute to the welfare of others due to higher levels of empathy and developed moral identity.

Current research in economics and psychology explains the violence and hysteria.

You are undergoing personal change, but is it for the better?

It’s a question that has baffled scholars for centuries: is pain a bodily experience or a mental one? Rich Harrison explains why this is such a complex problem to solve

It’s not just isolation and loneliness - research shows working from home is far worse for team cohesion and innovation than working in the office: says Associate Professor of Organisational Behaviour, Dr Libby Sander of Bond Business School.

Young children often think that groups who receive help are less smart than those who don't receive such help, according to new research published in the ...

By Emily Reynolds. The more participants thought Facebook users were eating fruit and veg, the more they ate themselves.

In a new study, scientists uncovered the deepest roots of bias in the brain.

While the drug is known to increase focus, alertness and motor skills, its effect on creative thinking had not been studied previously.

New research suggests that women are overwhelmingly not into guys who look "easy."

New research published in the Journal of Clinical Psychology has identified several factors that could help explain the relationship between mindfulness meditation practice and mental well-being. The study suggests that meditation is associated with improved mental health because of its relationship with self‐compassion, meaning in life, and experiential avoidance.

Imagine you’re in line at a coffee shop. You order your usual cappuccino and swipe your credit card to pay. Then the cashier swivels a little screen that prompts you for a tip – before the espresso shot is pulled or a drop of milk steamed. Do you tip more, perhaps hoping that it will lead to a better drink? Or less or none at all, peeved at being asked to reward service that hasn’t happened yet? Do you feel pressured into tipping the suggested amounts, which can equate to more than half the price of the drink?

How are trends born? Why do we copy others? The answer lies in our psychology.

Have you ever begun a relationship with someone only to find out several weeks, months, or even years later that this person was not who you thought they were? Perhaps even more upsetting is the realization that they are just like all the other people you’ve dated, and you have found yourself in the same unfulfilling relationship pattern. If you are a sensitive person, you are particularly vulnerable to entering into unsafe relationships, because you tend to be trusting, open, honest, and compassionate by nature.

A former abattoir worker describes her job and the effect it had on her mental health.