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A new study published in Frontiers in Social Psychology suggests that the popular social media platform TikTok may be manipulated to conceal content critical of the Chinese government while amplifying narratives aligned with the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). The research,…
A new psychological concept called “lay theories of diversity initiatives” may help explain why diversity programs sometimes face resistance from White Americans. This concept encompasses two distinct beliefs: “zero-sum beliefs,” which see diversity as a trade-off where minorities gain at…
A recent study published in the Journal of Psychoactive Drugs suggests that people who use psychedelic substances may experience less anxiety about death compared to those who do not. The research indicates that this reduced fear is not directly caused…
A study of Paleolithic skeletons from Central Europe suggests people’s teeth were worn down and crowded together because of cheek piercings.
A longitudinal study in Israel found that fathers with more pronounced alexithymia before the birth of their child provided worse parental care when the baby was three months old. At two years of age, children of these fathers tended to…
This human evolution quiz will test your knowledge of our species, including when and how we evolved.
A new study published in the Journal of Experimental Psychology: General suggests that widely used research methods for studying racial differences in perceptions of racism may be misleading. While people in different racial categories often show average differences in how…
New James Webb Space Telescope observations of a star cluster called NGC 346 are shedding light on how, when and where planets formed in the early universe.
This is the oldest confirmed use of a mixture comprising two or more plant toxins specifically applied to arrowheads.
Higher levels of attachment avoidance in both mothers and fathers were associated with lower sexual satisfaction in themselves, as reported in The Canadian Journal of Human Sexuality. Romantic attachment and sexual satisfaction are closely interconnected, with attachment security fostering intimacy…
