People with even slightly different political views process information using different patterns of brain activity. A recent brain imaging experiment reveals that listening to political statements ...

A recent review of 49 brain imaging studies reveals that COVID-19 is associated with widespread structural and functional changes in the human brain. The findings indicate that the virus affects ...

A new study published in Human Brain Mapping suggests that a single high dose of psilocybin, the active compound in “magic mushrooms,” changes how information flows through specific brain circuits up ...

Voters who do not align with the Democratic or Republican parties make up the largest portion of the American electorate, yet their actual political views are frequently misunderstood. Research ...

A recent study published in The Journal of Clinical Psychiatry suggests that a single dose of psilocybin, paired with psychological support, may rapidly and safely reduce chronic suicidal thoughts in ...

White Americans who regularly get their political news from Fox News show much higher levels of support for the Great Replacement Theory than those who do not watch the network. By tracking individual ...

A 12-month longitudinal study of adults from four English-speaking countries found that being lonely may spur people to seek companionship through chatbots. However, such use may, over time, ...

A new study published in the journal Emotion provides evidence that voluntarily participating in frightening activities with others, such as visiting a haunted house, tends to make people feel more ...

A single dose of the psychedelic compound psilocybin, when paired with behavioral counseling, helped smokers quit at substantially higher rates than a standard nicotine patch paired with the same ...

Higher cognitive ability in adults typically predicts accurate gut instincts, but this mental shortcut takes time to develop. A new study involving middle and high school students reveals that young ...

When autistic people ask artificial intelligence programs for life advice, mentioning their diagnosis prompts these systems to recommend highly conservative choices like skipping social events or ...

A recent experiment explored whether the simple visual cue of mating movements triggers sexual arousal in heterosexual men and women. The results showed that viewing muted clips of different animal ...