A good cry and short break later, I have my answer: I was attempting to think deeply when my brain wasn’t able to do so. Feeling like our thoughts freeze or at least don’t work as well when we’re ...

Synesthesia may explain why some people can control their dreams, revealing a surprising link between perception and lucid dreaming.

Abigail Marsh has found that many psychopaths don’t want to be cruel and uncaring, and argues that they deserve support to ...

Reflecting on the strength model of self-control, some criticisms of the model, and some of the adjustments that have emerged ...

While sex can become compulsive and problematic for some people, there is little research on love as a true addiction.

Patients with hidradenitis suppurative (HS) had a twofold rate of self-harm, including suicide, as compared with the general population. HS patients had significantly higher rates of smoking, alcohol ...

Every evening, millions of people sink into their sofas, phones in hand, scrolling through an endless stream of short videos. A recipe. A joke. A news.

Exercise provides incredible benefits for both short- and long-term brain health, according to Tiana S. Woolridge, MD, MPH, a sports medicine physician with the Hospital for Special Surgery in New ...

Stress resilience isn't a flatline. It's a flex, according to new research from Florida International University. Marcelo Bigliassi, assistant professor of psychophysiology, and Ph.D. student Dayanne ...

A new study finds people who report higher stress and higher pain adapt to stress better, suggesting tolerance under stress isn’t the absence of discomfort, but what people do with it.

Realistically, though, “many situations can’t be solved with more thought”—and the people who seem the calmest tend to be those who can accept that. So how do you break free from the relentless voice ...

A new neuroimaging study suggests that people who frequently control their dreams share distinct structural brain patterns. These networks bridge the areas responsible for self-reflection, visual ...