23+ hour, 59+ min ago   (261+ words) In addition, a 2026 study of adults with ADHD found that a subjective feeling that one’s attention has drifted off task, even without remembering the specific thoughts, is associated with poorer attention and lower well-being. This highlights the complex ways off-task…...

1+ day, 1+ hour ago   (279+ words) Neurofeedback is a technique where individuals learn to alter their brain waves by watching them in real time. During a typical session, sensors are placed on a person’s scalp to record electrical activity in the brain. This method is known…...

1+ day, 5+ hour ago   (614+ words) Adolescence is a period of intense social transition. Teenagers often shift their focus from family to peers, which can leave them feeling disconnected if they have not yet formed stable friend groups. The threshold for feeling lonely varies from person…...

1+ day, 19+ hour ago   (728+ words) PsyPost Autistic individuals might be somewhat better at reading emotions of other autistic people A study comparing the abilities of autistic and non-autistic individuals to recognize other people’s emotions found no overall main differences between the two groups. However, autistic…...

4+ day, 16+ hour ago   (548+ words) “Previous research has shown that both cultural background and individual personality traits can influence how people perceive facial emotions, but very few studies have examined these two factors together,” Kong and Xiao told PsyPost. “We were particularly interested in shyness…...

4+ day, 17+ hour ago   (863+ words) The second concept is Social Dominance Orientation. This captures a person’s desire for group-based hierarchies and the belief that their own social group is inherently superior to others. Both traits reliably predict prejudice, support for extreme political movements, and a…...

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5+ day, 13+ hour ago   (840+ words) People experiencing symptoms of depression often view social situations differently than others. A recent study found that individuals with depressive symptoms are more likely to perceive unfair financial offers as fair, but only if they consider themselves to have a…...

6+ day, 11+ hour ago   (676+ words) Visually tricking the brain into thinking a person’s left hand has crossed over to the right side of their body can physically cool down their actual, unmoving left hand. These findings suggest that disrupting the mind’s spatial map of the…...

6+ day, 14+ hour ago   (414+ words) Different antidepressants can have drastically different effects on a patient’s physical health, according to a recent review of medical research. Some medications cause substantial weight gain and increased blood pressure, while others lead to weight loss and lowered heart rates....