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A new study published in Evolution and Human Behavior argues that intelligence may raise a person’s standing within a group…

A new analysis of American survey data finds that people in interracial romantic relationships are more likely to hold liberal…

A new psychology study published in Cognition and Emotion argues that horror is not simply an intensified version of fear…

A large UK twin study suggests that growing up in a noisy, disorganised home does not directly cause poorer school…

An international team of researchers has found that people with elevated psychopathic traits are more likely to interpret frightening scenes…

A new study published in Cognition and Emotion argues that the emotions voters feel about policy issues can subtly tilt…

Australian researchers are using genetically modified zebrafish to investigate how psychiatric disorders develop, after finding striking similarities between the fish…

Spending time close to a cat may boost its owner’s mood and energy, according to researchers at Kyoto University, who…

A new batch of online experiments suggests that simply encountering a conspiracy theory can inflate a person’s perception of how…

A neuroimaging study has found that LSD not only weakens conventional brain waves but also accelerates them and raises the…