Researchers studying discrimination and bias frequently conduct experiments that use racially distinctive names to signal race or ethnicity. The evidence that these studies provide about racial discri

New research from Archives of Women’s Mental Health examines the psychological effects associated with different pregnancy outcomes. Study author Natsu Sasaki and her colleagues at The University of T

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Researchers compared diets and found that some people responded better to different types of nutrition when it comes to weight loss. A new analysis of data from a yearlong weight-loss study has ident

Addiction can be extremely detrimental to an individual in many different domains, including brain functioning. A new study published in Alcohol and Alcoholism provides hope by suggesting that alcohol

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Toronto, Canada: Cannabis compounds are effective at mitigating chronic neuropathic pain and improving sleep, according to a review of randomized controlled trial data published in the journal Regiona

Many believe our particularly large brain is what makes us human – but is there more to it? The brain’s shape, as well as the shapes of its component parts (lobes) may also be important. Results of a

Get more exercise. Eat right. Make new friends. As we compile our lists of resolutions aimed at improving physical and mental health in 2023, new CU Boulder research suggests one addition could have

BLOOMINGTON, Ind. — The length of a specific generation can tell us a lot about the biology and social organization of humans. Now, researchers at Indiana University can determine the average age that

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Summary Background Understanding protection conferred by natural SARS-CoV-2 infection versus COVID-19 vaccination is important for informing vaccine mandate decisions. We compared protection conferre

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366308/Pixabay Research suggests the great majority of people (97%, according to one estimate) have a secret. Most of them have more than one (13, on average). What do people keep secret? The list i

In this study, adolescents and their best friend from a relatively well-functioning Dutch sample were followed longitudinally across two years (three waves). The current study focused on their develop

A year-long study of adults in Germany found that narcissism, the tendency to overlook the feelings and needs of others and react with rage, and defiance when threatened reduced positive and increased

Listen Comment on this story Comment Gift Article Share A sweeping study of all the world’s glaciers outside of the Greenland and the Antarctic ice sheets has found that nearly half of them will melt

Content Researchers at Baylor College of Medicine have found more evidence that dry fasting (fasting without food or liquid intake) from dawn to dusk can play an important role in overall health. In

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In one of the first long-term studies on adolescent neural development and technology use, researchers at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill report adolescents’ habitual checking of socia