Psychology (Page 5)

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A male chimpanzee named Frodo frowns.

Nice chimps finish last—so why aren’t all of them mean?

By Laura Baisas

Kids dressed in bright raingear during a forest school class in Sweden

Young kids learn the realities of climate change in forest schools

White Moluccan cockatoo on a branch turning toward a person's hand. Reddish flames are behind the bird to symbolize past trauma. Illustrated.

Parrots are deeply intelligent. But do we understand their emotions?

By Brandon Keim

A CBD oil bottle with cannabis or hemp leaves

Can CBD help you chill? Here’s what we know so far.

By Purbita Saha

Black bear cub in a berry bush at Glacier National Park

Bears can count, take selfies, use tools, recognize supermodels, and even open car doors

By Ruscena Wiederholt

Chinese and English nametags hung up in an elementary school classroom

Complex languages might shape bilingual brains differently

By Jamie Helmick

Teen in green sweatshirt with long brown hair against a bright yellow background scrolling through TikTok on a smartphone

How to break your toxic infinite scroll habit on TikTok

By Jocelyn Solis-Moreira

Narcan naloxone nasal spray vending machine in Illinois to fight opioid overdoses

4 common myths about Narcan, the ‘antidote’ to opioid overdose

By Jocelyn Solis-Moreira

Why fatigue is so common in older adults

Why fatigue is so common in older adults

By Judith Graham / KFF Health News

Cropped close-up of African American woman holding smartphone

Sounding like an AI chatbot may hurt your credibility

Woman's hands typing on laptop keyboard

Two alcohol recovery apps shared user data without their consent

A capuchin monkey in a tree looking at the camera.

Do magic tricks work on monkeys? Only if they have opposable thumbs like us.

By Laura Baisas

ADHD patients face wildly different drug testing requirements

ADHD patients face wildly different drug testing requirements

By Arielle Zionts / KFF Health News

Social relationships are important to the health of aging adults

Social relationships are important to the health of aging adults

By Judith Graham / KFF Health News

Attendees at a concert dance and one man records the performance on a smartphone.

Do you never feel FOMO? Time to meet its twin, JOMO.

By Laura Baisas

Gorillas like to scramble their brains by spinning around really fast

Gorillas like to scramble their brains by spinning around really fast

By Sara Kiley Watson

Seniors are struggling with chronic anxiety, but don’t seek treatment

Seniors are struggling with chronic anxiety, but don’t seek treatment

By Judith Graham / KFF Health News

A young child hiding behind a stack of pancakes with syrup and fruit on a background of old polaroids

Why childhood memories of smells are so powerful and emotional

By Julia Craven

Yellow, red, and white roses left at a memorial for the victims of the Half Moon Bay mass shooting. A white sign behind the bouquets says "as a community we grieve."

How to cope with collective grief—and even turn it into action

By Jocelyn Solis-Moreira

A drawing made by a five year-old child in Sweden with the description, “A boy coughed and put his hands over there (on the house) and someone came and touched it, then they got sick. X means that you shouldn't go outside and catch bacteria. The bacteria are underground. Blue faces mean you feel sick.”

Little kids drew their grim—and hopeful—reality of COVID

By Laura Baisas

A man holes a phones and texts with a combination of words and emois.

People use emojis to soften the blow of negative feelings

By Laura Baisas

Singer Mariah Carey performs on stage with her twins Moroccan Cannon and Monroe Cannon during her "Merry Christmas To All!" at Madison Square Garden on December 13, 2022 in New York City.

This is your brain on Christmas music

By Laura Baisas

Vigil attendees at a California skatepark remember Tyre Nichols with prayer candles forming a heart. Nichols died from police violence in his home city of Memphis after EMTs also failed to react quickly to his injuries.

Police brutality is an unaddressed public health crisis in America

By Jocelyn Solis-Moreira

A business woman packs up paperwork and a laptop in an office.

4-day work week shows big benefits for both workers and employers in UK

By Laura Baisas

A young woman sits below a stairwell with her head down in sadness.

Teen girls and queer youth are facing a crisis of hopelessness, CDC finds

By Laura Baisas

A woman in a field observes a plant.

Citizen science is another great form of nature therapy

By Laura Baisas

Mother and baby in black and white photos in an album to show postpartum depression vs. postpartum psychosis

The important difference between postpartum psychosis and postpartum depression

By Jocelyn Solis-Moreira

Woman in a purple dress cleaning and organizing household items into buckets with gold tokens and stars. Illustrated.

Could letting go of perfection be the ultimate cleaning hack?

By Rachel Feltman

System Security Specialist Working at System Control Center

The DOJ is investigating an AI tool that could be hurting families in Pennsylvania

Two small prairie voles.

These fuzzy burrowers don’t need oxytocin to fall in love

By Laura Baisas

fake news on phone screen

The real reason people share so much fake news on social media

By Harry Guinness

A man holds a brightly colored pill with a glass of water.

Common antidepressants may blunt both pain and enjoyment

By Laura Baisas

A chimpanzee holding out its hand.

Adolescent chimpanzees might be less impulsive than human teens

By Laura Baisas

Rows of desktop computers in computer lab

Building ChatGPT’s AI content filters devastated workers’ mental health, according to new report

two people holding hands

Gender-affirming hormones can improve teens’ mental health and life satisfaction

By Jocelyn Solis-Moreira

Meet the college freshman who races a souped-up Chevy Blazer and studies psych

By Kristin Shaw

How to learn to not fear heights

How to learn to not fear heights

By Jocelyn Solis-Moreira

Unclear regulations prevent telehealth from reaching its full potential

Unclear regulations prevent telehealth from reaching its full potential

By Darius Tahir / KFF Health News

A toddler offering a husky puppy a treat.

Toddlers may be wired to help their dog friends

By Laura Baisas

Colorful fans with depictions of various sounds within them

Why our brains hear words and songs in random noise

By Julia Craven

Woman using her mobile phone , city skyline night light background

Popular youth mental health service faces backlash after experimenting with AI-chatbot advice

a person stands on a snow covered mountain top looking out a vista of rocky mountains as the sun peeks above the horizon

Why it matters that humans and nature are growing apart

A man standing under a blue sky with white clouds, wearing a black baseball cap and a red shirt while closing his eyes and breathing deeply.

Understanding your emotions can help you manage your anxiety

By Wendy Suzuki

a person in a gray shirt their hand over their stomach under dark lighting

A link to depression might be in your gut bacteria

By Jocelyn Solis-Moreira

As old people get sicker, assisted living facilities must adapt

As old people get sicker, assisted living facilities must adapt

By Judith Graham / KFF Health News

illustration of psychiatrist office with mushrooms

4 visionaries on the history and future of psychedelic medicine

By Rachel Feltman

US soldiers might control weapons with their thoughts someday. Here’s why that’s complicated.

US soldiers might control weapons with their thoughts someday. Here’s why that’s complicated.

By Nancy S. Jecker and Andrew Ko / The Conversation

Group Of Friends Sitting On Sofa Watching Soccer Together

5 ways cheering for your favorite World Cup team improves your health

By Jocelyn Solis-Moreira

EVO ICL lens implanted in the diagram of an eye with yellow, pink, and blue Best of What's New 2022 Health design on right

The most powerful health innovations of 2022

By Kate Baggaley, Purbita Saha

A series of brain scans

Some teenagers’ brains have been aging faster during the pandemic

By Laura Baisas

A woman sipping from a teacup while taking a break.

Improve your focus by taking more breaks every day

illustration of person at computer with devil horns and cloven hooves

Does playing devil’s advocate do more harm than good?

By Julia Craven

The CDC has surveyed teens on their health and behavior since the ’90s—but now some states are opting out

The CDC has surveyed teens on their health and behavior since the ’90s—but now some states are opting out

By Daniel Chang / KFF Health News

Slip of the tongue? It happens to all of us.

Slip of the tongue? It happens to all of us.

By Cecile McKee / The Conversation

Sleeping person in striped counting sheep with nightmares in them as part of a sleep study illustration

How sleep scientists helped people soothe their nightmares

By Jocelyn Solis-Moreira

The constellation Orion, centered on the three bright stars of a belt.

Why we turn stars into constellations

By Eva Botkin-Kowacki

PTSD found in 1 in 4 adults in Flint, Michigan, after water crisis

PTSD found in 1 in 4 adults in Flint, Michigan, after water crisis

By Laura Baisas

Anxiety screening is now recommended for all adults under 65

Anxiety screening is now recommended for all adults under 65

By Laura Baisas

2022 Ig Nobel Prize winners include ducks in a row, constipated scorpions, ice cream, and more

2022 Ig Nobel Prize winners include ducks in a row, constipated scorpions, ice cream, and more

By Laura Baisas

Woman vomiting a pastel rainbow upwards on a pink background

Why you want to barf when you see something gross

By Julia Craven

illustration of free-falling woman

Why do we love watching people defy death?

By Leigh Cowart

The mushrooms that are the source of psilocybin.

A powerful combo of psilocybin and therapy might help people overcome alcohol use disorder

By Jocelyn Solis-Moreira

Misinformation doesn't have to be deliberate to spread on platforms like Twitter.

These psychologists found a better way to teach people to spot misinformation

By Jocelyn Solis-Moreira

Hands holding a box of pills, pills in the foreground and the background is out of focus.

Combining certain opioids and commonly prescribed antidepressants may increase the risk of overdose

By Ismaeel Yunusa / The Conversation