Current reporting, research and professional developments across Psychology, curated for psychologists and behavioral-health professionals.
Updated August 8, 2026 | Reviewed by Abigail Fagan Back in 1973, Pink Floyd built an entire song around the strange hold that money has over us. He sang about how it can dominate a person's thinking, even when no one's…
Posted August 8, 2026 | Reviewed by Abigail Fagan We all have that one thing that we love to do. Some people like baking, others like collecting records or dressing up like superheroes. For others, like Ed, it’s throwing…
Psychology says people who try to save every penny they can aren't always making financial decisions based only on budgeting. Their behavior can be linked to anxiety, fear of uncertainty, past ...
Psychology says people who keep changing lanes while driving aren't always trying to reach their destination faster. The behaviour can be linked to impulsivity, stress, frustration, competitiveness ...
Researchers found that people who reported watching television more often in midlife had smaller brain volumes decades later in areas involved in language and thinking.
Psychology indicates that consuming dal chawal in solitude can highlight stress levels. When under prolonged stress, our brain interferes with signals of hunger and fullness, amplifying cravings for ...
Background The relation between impulsivity and antisocial behavior are central themes in sport-related research with potential theoretical links, yet surprisingly there has been no longitudinal work on this topic. This…
The integration of Artificial Intelligence (AI) into education holds significant potential, yet understanding studentsâ behavioral intentions toward AI, particularly in relation to individual differences, remains…
Despite a clear need for mental health services in Bangladesh, there is limited access and provision, especially in areas vulnerable to the effects of climate change. Community health workers (CHWs) are commonplace…
Aim of this research was to develop and validate a time-efficient, ecologically valid self-report questionnaire measuring executive functions in healthy adults, grounded in the unity/diversity framework of Miyake (i.e…
Most digital mental health interventions still deliver uniform content, without accounting for how a userâs fluctuating psychological state interacts with their stable individual characteristics. We propose a two-stage…
Uncertainty is a potential driver of poor mental health outcomes, and uncertainty is mounting across domains of daily life. It remains unclear how symptoms of anxiety and depression emerge in response to uncertainty in…
Psychological flexibility is a central construct in Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and an important protective factor for mental health, particularly among individuals expected to function effectively under high…
Background Type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) requires sustained self-management, yet adherence remains suboptimal. This study aimed to identify heterogeneous self-management behavior profiles in T2DM patients and explore…
Depression is common and under-treated in Vietnamese primary care. Behavioral activation (BA) is a brief, structured psychotherapy that can be delivered in groups within routine services. A two-arm cluster-randomized…
Regional culture is increasingly treated as a design resource in wellness tourism, where destinations embed local symbols in intelligent environments to differentiate their offerings; yet the mechanism by which such…
Patients with BuddâChiari syndrome (BCS) often experience a strong sense of illness uncertainty due to complex and diverse symptoms, unclear etiology, and insufficient popularization of the disease knowledge…
Updated August 8, 2026 | Reviewed by Monica Vilhauer Ph.D. Do you know someone going to college this fall? As a college professor I look forward to seeing the excited and energetic faces at the start of the academic…
Posted August 7, 2026 | Reviewed by Monica Vilhauer Ph.D. “If you are always trying to be normal, you may never know how amazing you can be.” There is a great body of evidence in neuroscience indicating that our…
Posted August 7, 2026 | Reviewed by Monica Vilhauer Ph.D. Having empathy for someone’s difficult past doesn’t mean you accept their current abusive behaviors. In a wound mate relationship, you are locked into a defeating…
Posted August 7, 2026 | Reviewed by Monica Vilhauer Ph.D. When I arrived at college as a freshman in 1984, I met Chloe. She had long curly hair, trailed patchouli wherever she went, and seemed to have an endless…
Updated August 7, 2026 | Reviewed by Monica Vilhauer Ph.D. Here are some celebrities who have emerged as elected leaders in the United States: Donald Trump, reality TV star/business person—President of the United States…
Posted August 7, 2026 | Reviewed by Devon Frye Movies love exploring obsession. An obsessed protagonist can be one of the most engaging kinds of characters because they will not relent no matter what. Whether it is…
You finally get a free afternoon, yet instead of relaxing, you feel like you should be doing something productive. Psychology suggests this isn't simply a strong work ethic. Internalised productivity ...
Posted August 7, 2026 | Reviewed by Monica Vilhauer Ph.D. A neighbor of mine, a woman of a certain age and considerable wisdom, stopped me on the street recently with advice I have not been able to shake. "Bala," she…
Posted August 7, 2026 | Reviewed by Kaja Perina Let me pre-emptively apologize for the anger a polemical essay of this kind will, no doubt, cause in some readers. For there is no polite way of stating my conviction that…
Posted August 7, 2026 | Reviewed by Kaja Perina I’ve written about two men from the same family who separately became serial killers, Danny and Larry Ranes. Larry, the youngest brother by a year and a half, killed five…
Posted August 7, 2026 | Reviewed by Monica Vilhauer Ph.D. A flurry of admonishments erupts from two parents nearby, and I turn to see a small child half-naked and rising from a squat on the gravel path. Pull your pants…
Posted August 7, 2026 | Reviewed by Monica Vilhauer Ph.D. Co-authored by Kodie Curran, Hannah Feeney, Jessica Murphy, and Michael Hogan. Collaborative learning has been shown to promote greater academic achievement, more…
A recent cross-sectional study examined how different cognitive abilities relate to emotion regulation in adults aged 25 to 85. The findings indicate that crystallized cognition, or accumulated life ...
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