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Using mindfulness as an anxiety therapy could be more effective if participants sniff sweat at the same time, a new study suggests.

An analysis of online Reddit conversations also revealed a paradox: the same men devalue both trans and cisgender women.

An new study of German couples has found that individuals with secure emotional attachment are more likely to forgive offences to their partners, but also to be forgiven. Persons with a preoccupied attachment style were more likely to forgive their partners, but were neither more nor less likely to be forgiven. The study was published in the Journal of Research in Personality.

Medical sleep treatment may reduce self-harm in young people with anxiety and depression, an observational study from Karolinska Institutet in Sweden suggests. The risk of self-harm increased in the months preceding melatonin prescription and decreased thereafter, especially in girls. The study is published in the Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry.

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Is a dog more similar to a chicken or an eagle? Is a penguin noisy? Is a whale friendly? Psychologists at the University of California, Berkeley, say these absurd-sounding questions might help us better understand what’s at the heart of some of society’s most vexing arguments.

A new study indicates that having a single well-healed facial scar does not tend to have a negative impact on first impressions of attractiveness, confidence and friendliness. However, specific scar locations, such as a perpendicular scar at the mid-lower eyelid may result in lower perceived attractiveness, confidence and friendliness. The study was published in the Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery.

Newly published research provides insight into the psychological factors underlying the hatred of celebrity culture and its consequences. The findings have been published in the journal Psychology of Popular Media. ...

Have you heard of the Boiling frog syndrome? Despite working as a Psychologist for nearly two decades I hadn’t heard of it until fairly recently. Apparently, the expression originates from a fable about a frog that gets put into boiling water.

Researchers from the University of Cambridge conducted a study in a tech consultancy firm using two robot wellbeing coaches, where 26 employees participated in weekly robot-led wellbeing sessions for four weeks. Although the robots had identical voices, facial expressions, and scripts for the sessions, the physical appearance of the robot affected how participants interacted with it.

Dan's death and the pandemic led the author to discover their passion for writing and helped them find agency and emotional healing in their career as a doctor.

Research on gender differences in dishonesty.

New research provides evidence that left-wing authoritarianism is a valid concept that predicts important real-world phenomena, including restrictive communication norms and dogmatism.

Koko, a mental health nonprofit, found at-risk teens on platforms like Facebook and Tumblr, then tested an unproven intervention on them without obtaining informed consent. “It’s nuanced,” said the founder.

A new report published in Cell Reports Medicine has found that individuals who use assigned breathwork techniques experienced greater improvements in mood and lowered respiratory rates as compared to those practicing mindfulness meditation.

The day she wondered if she could take off her seat belt, open the door and jump from a moving car was the day Jean D. Stouffer knew she needed to make a change in her life.

A series of studies published in the Journal of Experimental Psychology: General provides evidence that the pressure to conform is a key psychological driver of sharing fake news. The findings indicate that failing to share misinformation that is endorsed by other group members can lead to adverse social consequences.

A study of parents of children aged 5-11 in Italy showed that black-and-white thinking was associated with the tendency to believe in conspiracies. This was in turn associated with a negative attitude towards vaccinating children against COVID-19. The study was published in Applied Cognitive Psychology. ...

Even a good digital habit can cross the line into an unhealthy compulsion. How to tell good digital habits from bad ones and break the hold of compulsions.