New research shows that people often feel worse when telling others about their good deeds than when keeping them private or discussing personal achievements.

In the field of psychology, attachment theory proposes that interpersonal experiences early in life should shape how people ...

For example, participants writing self-affirmations before receiving health information were more likely to adopt positive ...

Anchoring a new habit to a daily routine or a specific time can help make it more automatic. Environmental and identity cues ...

In the follow up, Dugan and her team evaluated the attachment styles and relationship quality of the now-adult participants, ...

The digital revolution has not only transformed how we live, work, and communicate but also given birth to entirely new forms ...

One longitudinal study (published in 2017) found that overall, Facebook was negatively associated with well-being. Another ...

Interruptions, to-do lists, lack of autonomy — “time poverty” depends more on perceived shortages of time than actual ones, recent research suggests.

In the simplest terms, the cancelling instinct is an attempt to “control the spread of common knowledge” Pinker believes. His ...

However, feeling unheard and also feeling constantly critiqued for every little thing they do are some of the common ...

Social media is accelerating the spread of misleading health information, and public health experts say rebuilding trust will ...

On this World Kindness Day, one ISU professor says there seems to be a direct link between thinking kind thoughts to others ...