Tag: Happiness & Mental Health

While our environments definitely contribute to our personalities, scientists have proven over the past few years that much of the...

Several recent studies show that most iPhone users are smitten with their phones. The phones typically do evoke a true...

Using data compiled from 21,743 men and 24,608 women who took a self-assessment of their health status, the scientists discovered...

A recent study by psychologists at the University of Virginia in Charlottesville found that even watching just a few minutes...

A new study tells us that moods may fluctuate according to some universal schedule tied to the hours of the day...

A recent study by scientists at facilities around the world found that the countries with the highest income levels also report...

Whatever you do, laugh. One recent study has found that laughing literally opens the blood vessels. A second study found...

The stress levels of the alpha male, at least among baboons, were found to be much higher than those of the...

A recent study suggests that the single biggest risk factor leading to Alzheimer's in the US is lack of exercise. Twenty-one...

A new study recently released by the University of California in San Francisco, suggests that the single biggest risk factor...

Many scientists have long believed that a person’s IQ is determined by their genes and therefore not subject to change. ...

Recent studies have found that memory tasks performed regularly can nudge your IQ up a few points -- and the uptick...

Lots of people like to relax occasionally after work or on the weekends with a glass of wine…or three.  There's...

Studies now show that people who take antidepressants and then go off of them have recurring bouts of major depression at almost...

According to new research, gossiping may be hardwired into our brains and serve an evolutionary purpose. Another recent study on...

Seemingly unrelated external events or circumstances can literally alter our brains for good or ill -- sometimes permanently, unless somehow...

In an attempt to be the best and excel, many college students and twenty-somethings take so-called "smart drugs" such as...

A new study has determined that there was a 55 percent increase in emergency room hospital visits for prescription drug-related...

A new study has found Botox reduces the ability to empathize. The reason is that in order to interpret the emotions others...

According to new research, the more time teens spend listening to music, the more likely they are to be depressed.  Although...

New research is suggesting that, in fact, we may all have a limited supply of self-control. When you exert a...

Do we have an unlimited potential supply of self-control, or is it truly possible to use it up and just...

In a study conducted at Rush Alzheimer's Disease Center in Chicago, researchers found that regular social interactions can keep dementia...

According to an article in the Journal of Neuroscience, researchers recently removed memory from a primitive snail called Aplysia, as...

A recent study at the University of Wisconsin-Madison has shown that groups of neurons in the brain may actually go...