Smoking high-potency marijuana concentrates boosts blood levels of THC more than twice as much as smoking conventional weed, but it doesn’t necessarily get you higher,…
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People who feel more threatened by COVID-19 and rank highly on scales of emotionality and conscientiousness were most likely to stockpile toilet paper in March…
Doing Good Does You Good Regular volunteer work provides demonstrable benefits for the health and well-being of older adults, according to a new study in…
The five monkey faces (left to right): wireframe, greyscale, furless, naturalistic, and real-life footage. Four expressions (top to bottom): neutral, fear grin, lip smacking, threat.…
Clive Wynne, Arizona State University professor of psychology, holding a puppy. Credit: Deanna Dent/ASU ASU Canine Science Collaboratory study shows that pet dogs will try…
People are more generous than not and try to do right by each other, no matter the motivation. People want to help each other, even…
Stockholm, Sweden: Scientists have found that some people being treated with selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) have a greater tendency to commit violent crime. In…
Study Shows Domestic Violence Reports on the Rise As COVID-19 Keeps People at Home UCLA-led analysis of calls to police in LA, Indianapolis also shows…
Chimpanzee lip-smacks exhibit a speech-like rhythm, a group of researchers led by the University of Warwick have found. They found chimpanzees produce lip-smacks at a…
Happy together. Everyone seems to agree that opposites attract. Young and old people, happy and distressed couples, single folks and married partners – all apparently…
Around 1 in 3 female university students report saving calories for binge drinking episodes. Mojito, appletini, or a simple glass of fizz – they may…
Senior author of the study, NTU Associate Professor Gianluca Esposito with his family. Credit: NTU Singapore/Gianluca Esposito Physical presence of spouse alters how parents’ brains…
What would you do if the person standing next to you would suddenly scream and run away? Would you be able to carry on calmly…
Researchers from University of Pennsylvania published a new paper in the Journal of Marketing that explains that the device people use to communicate can affect the extent…
When faced with danger, humans draw closer together. Social distancing thwarts this impulse. LMU’s Professor Ophelia Deroy and colleagues argue that this dilemma poses a…
Commentary by Princeton University and Sunnybrook Research Institute highlights eight behavioral challenges to COVID-19. During any crisis, timely, and sometimes life-altering, decisions must be made,…
Arizona State University researcher explores pests, parasites, diseases on a global scale. Countries looking to contain the spread of harmful species and diseases like COVID-19…
People are no better than chance at identifying when someone else is recounting a false or real memory of a crime, according to a new…
But scores on the material nine months later dropped to ‘floor level,’ Baylor University study finds. College students who listened to classical music by Beethoven…
A new study in The Economic Journal, published by Oxford University Press, suggests that migrating extremists can shape political developments in their destination regions for generations.…