Psychology Archives

Grit or Grades: What Drives College Graduation?

Does timely college graduation depend more on a student’s self-regulation or on their admission test scores? Researchers decided to find out.

Given the choice between seeing a therapist in real life or in virtual reality, which would you choose? Research results may surprise you.

Is there a genetic component to friendship? Mice prefer friends who are genetically similar to them, regardless of other factors.

You have probably heard of the placebo effect, but what is it and how does it work? Can something that’s in our heads actually provide relief?

Food waste is a big problem in the United States, where each household discards an average of one third of the food people buy.

Bringing humor to the news may be a perfect combination for encouraging people to remember information and then share it with people they know.

How often do you share funny news stories? New research suggests news with humor in it is more likely to be both shared and remembered.

Children learn language for the first time in a cool way, and the good news is that adults can, too. Find out how.

Researchers say calling on the phone instead of texting leads to stronger feelings of social connection—and isn’t nearly as awkward as we fear.

Our eating habits are affected by the type of activities we engage in and the amount of attention they require, according to recent studies.