Chronic pain is estimated to affect nearly half of all UK adults—a staggering 28million people. The most common complaints ...

Oral exams hinge on understanding, not rote memorization, experts reveal. Studies show conceptual learning boosts retention ...

Jerry Richardson, a Cornell university doctoral candidate in psychology, was dashing into a grocery store on his way to a ...

A two-year study will provide insights into how soldiers can be trained to demonstrate ingenuity in high-stakes, ...

In 1985, Belgian psychologist Jozef Nuttin identified what is known as the name-letter effect. His studies determined that people showed a preference for those whose name contained some of the same ...

New research in Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise suggests exercise may be one way to boost that self-control.

We come into the world screaming and vulnerable—entirely dependent on adult caregivers to keep us safe and teach us how to connect with others. The nature of these earliest relationships influences ...

Although artificial intelligence is frequently lauded for its coding ability or its math skills, how does it perform when it is examined on something inherently human, such as emotions? A recent study ...

Millions of people have no issue with sleeping after a good scare — in fact, they embrace it. There are scientific reasons ...

Can a toddler really read? A researcher-dad breaks down how the science of reading made him a believer after trying simple, ...

A new study suggests that when older couples experience positive emotions together in everyday life, they have lower levels ...