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Children believe the world is far more segregated by gender than it actually is, implies a new study.

The belief that we consider ourselves better than our peers holds true to convicted criminals as well. Research has shown that prisoners believe themselves to have more pro-social characteristics – such as kindness, morality, self-control, and generosi…

A voluntary effort by food and beverage companies to remove billions of calories from their products to help combat the nation’s obesity epidemic has exceeded its goal.

Young people with a positive outlook, self-belief and skills for the workplace are happier, sleep better and are better behaved.

Workers do not leave their emotions at home, so employers who offer support that extends to their well-being outside the workplace may reap benefits during working hours.That is the conclusion of research being presented today, January 2014, to the Ann…

New psychological research suggests that employees with high levels of religiosity feel better and are more likely to report that their lives have meaning.These are the key findings of a study presented today, Thursday 9 January 2013, at the Annual Con…

Researchers believe they have developed a psychological technique that improves the mental wellbeing of children with autism – through an activity that invents tiny characters the kids can then imagine are in their heads helping them out with their tho…

People are more likely to choose healthy options at the grocery store if they use the risk of losing their monthly healthy food discount as a motivational tool, according to new research published in Psychological Science, a journal of the Association …

Despite the way that mobile technologies and social networking sites have made it easier to stay in touch with large numbers of acquaintances, a new study has shown that people still put most of their efforts into communicating with small numbers of cl…