The scientific study of both internal mental processes and observable behavior is known as psychology. It explains activities ...

A classic book on UFO believers and their "cognitive dissonance" after aliens failed to land is called into question.

Citation counts feel like scientific success, but the evidence shows they mislead more than they inform. Here’s what actually signals research quality.

The real injustice, in our minds, is that we lacked a voice or agency in how the events unfolded. That’s why even the fairest ...

Young adults who engaged in a social media “detox” reported reductions in depression, anxiety and insomnia, though it was ...

Research from USC suggests most people aren’t addicted to social media but acting out of habit, and mislabeling it may ...

Protecting children and teens from the potential dangers of excessive screen time has been widely recognized as a societal ...

Young adults who did a social media “detox” reported less depression, anxiety and insomnia, though a study co-author says ...

What? You can't source the Good Book? A psychology student at the University of Oklahoma by the name of Samantha Fulnecky currently finds herself in the middle of quite the controversy. The pre-med ...

We often talk about science as if it were a purely logical enterprise. Yet, the way we ask questions—and even the kind of questions we think matter—is shaped by something far older than the scientific ...

Spaceflight, genetic tinkering, and the psychological implications of technological acceleration are explored with accuracy ...

Division on whether an OU student should have received a zero on her essay, but most agreed that her free speech rights had ...