Social connection is essential for the well-being of young adults. Friendships help protect individuals from the damaging ...

Pennebaker is now a professor emeritus of psychology at the University of Texas at Austin. He retired from teaching two years ...

Dog owners are usually regarded as sociable nature lovers, whereas cat lovers are introverted individualists. But what is there to these clichés? Scientific studies suggest that there are indeed ...

Meaning in Life, Existential Psychology, Positive Psychology Source, Malaysian University Students Share and Cite: Elias, S. , Lajium, A. , Kamrozzaman, N. and Hussain, M. (2025) Meaning in Life among ...

Washington State University professor finds cats with social personalities can serve as therapy animals, expanding animal support accessibility.

This study investigated the neural mechanisms involved in feelings of interpersonal guilt and responsibility evoked by social decisions. In two studies (one during fMRI) ...

When democracy fails, hitmen deliver. Our current fixation with principled assassin films reveals a hunger for decisive ...

The other side of the coin is selflessness. People who are aware and empathetic to the vast imaginations and beliefs of ...

People generally try to make other people feel good about themselves, but not when they dislike them. That's the finding of a ...

One of the classic hallmarks of intelligence is curiosity. People who appear laid-back but frequently ask thought-provoking ...

Podcast: Is there a single explanation that accounts for all addictive behaviors, or is the reality more complex? Under the Cortex explores.