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If you're a naturally kind and empathetic person, is it just your personality? Or is it actually in your DNA?
A new study in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences suggests the latter. Researchers from California, Oregon and Toronto have identified a gene variation that seems to be linked with being caring and trustworthy.
Sending a text message leads people to lie more often than in other forms of communication, according to new research appearing in the March edition of the Journal of Business Ethics.
Many studies say married people are happier than single and divorced people, but a new study may have you thinking twice before rushing to the altar.
The psychological experience of power makes people feel taller than they are according to a recent Cornell University study.
Sleeping vs. cuddling after sex. If you are a sleeper, here is some good news to tell your cuddling partner. According to a recent study published in December in the Journal of Social, Evolutionary, and Cultural Psychology, the tendency to fall asleep first after sex is associated with greater partner desire for bonding and affection.
If you’re single, Facebook and other social networking sites like Linkedin, Digg and Twitter can help you meet that special someone. However, for those in even the healthiest of marriages, improper use of social networking sites can quickly lead to divorce.
Our life experiences, the highs, the lows, and everything in between not only shape us, and stay with us, but the experiences can influence our emotional set point throughout our adult life, according to new research.
Embarrassment Study Yeilds Interesting Results
A new embarrassment study helps explain why people feel embarrassed when they observe other people's flaws and social miscues.
This vicarious embarrassment can occur even if the person you're watching doesn't feel any embarrassment, shame, or discomfort, according to the study published April 13 in the journal PLoS One.
The love hormone oxytocin, known to be plentiful in lactating women and released by men and women during orgasm, appears to do much more than what has been previously thought, like boost empathy, increase trust, build social bonding, while decreasing stress and anxiety according to new research.
A focus mind can equal a happy mind according to new research. In the happiness study researchers have been able to show that when people's minds drifted from the task or activity at hand, they reported being less happy than when they were fully focused in whatever activity or task they were doing.
