A new global study finds that brief, daily acts of joy—like expressing gratitude or helping others—can significantly boost emotional well-being, reduce stress, and improve sleep, especially among ...

A new study suggests that lucid dreaming might help people reduce fear by allowing them to confront frightening scenarios in their sleep. Participants who faced their fears during lucid dreams often ...

Parents who offer advice or meddle in their grown child’s love life might unknowingly reshape their own relationship with that child. A new study highlights how family communication patterns and ...

A new study suggests that psilocybin—the psychedelic compound found in certain mushrooms—may do more than alter consciousness. Scientists report that psilocybin not only extends the lifespan of aging ...

A new review in Brain and Behavior makes the case that sugar can be addictive. The authors highlight how sugar changes brain function, triggers cravings, and leads to behaviors that resemble addiction ...

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Researchers exploring social media addiction in Türkiye found that boredom and manipulative personality traits were key contributors. While loneliness was not a significant factor, individuals high in ...

Scientists found that the human brain emits faint light that passes through the skull and changes during different mental states, suggesting it might be possible to monitor brain activity using light ...

People with high social anxiety were better at spotting subtle angry expressions and showed stronger brain responses during later stages of processing, suggesting they pay more attention to ambiguous ...

Older adults who ate more than one egg per week had a lower risk of developing Alzheimer’s dementia and showed fewer Alzheimer’s-related brain changes. About 39% of this association was explained by ...

New research finds that students with different political identities tend to engage in slightly different everyday behaviors. But students dramatically overestimate how much liberals and conservatives ...

Is AI the best brainstorming partner? Not quite, according to new research. Human pairs came up with more original ideas and felt more creatively confident than those working with ChatGPT or Google in ...