More than 49,000 people in the United States died by suicide in 2022 — that’s one death every 11 minutes, and more than any other year dating to back at least 1941, according to the US Centers for ...

Children’s short attention spans are often framed as a barrier to learning. New research suggests that their limited ability ...

Podcast: This episode's conversation reviews how our visual system uses templates and exaggerates the basic features of ...

You might have noticed that the seasons don’t quite behave like they used to. In some places, fall and spring seem to fly by, while winter and summer are much longer and feel more intense.

Meditation apps offer users an accessible introduction to an ancient, evidence-based practice known to help quiet the mind.

Lisa Feldman Barrett is professor of psychology at Northeastern University and author of How Emotions Are Made: The Secret Life of the Brain.In a recent Scientific American article, she asked whether ...

Swedish public health authorities recommended this week that children under the age of 2 should not use any digital media, as parents, pediatricians and governments struggle to respond to the ...

Millions of children who head back to school this fall will find their phones are now gadgets non grata. Chancellor of New York City public schools David Banks has said that he is considering a ban on ...

When I describe “cynics,” you might conjure up a certain type of person: the toxic, smirking misanthrope, oozing contempt. But they are not a fixed category, like New Zealanders or anesthesiologists.

There are many flavors of friendship. Most U.S. adults say they have pals who fit into specific niches in their lives, like gym friends or work friends. These relationships may come and go as life ...

More and more people are learning about the world through chatbots and the software’s kin, whether they mean to or not....Pataranutaporn and his fellow researchers recently sought to understand how ...

Videos of “button dogs” often go viral on social media as they tap soundboards with prerecorded words such as “walk,” “park” or “mom.” But are the pets really communicating or are they just ...