If you wake up at the same time every morning without an alarm, psychology says your brain and body are revealing something ...

Stress influences what we learn and remember. The hormone cortisol, which is released during stressful situations, can make emotional memories in particular stronger. But how exactly does cortisol ...

Digital distraction affects how we respond to suffering. This story shows how our attention shapes empathy, safety, and the ...

The vibe concept was popularized by the Beach Boys’ song “Good Vibrations,” which was released in 1966. The counterculture megahit elevated a niche bit of psychedelic drug slang into a synonym for a ...

A new study led by cognitive neuroscientists at the University of Colorado Boulder and the Max Planck Institute for Human ...

A large study of 800 adults shows that pragmatic language skills—the ability to understand sarcasm, indirect requests, tone, ...