Why do insults once hurled at us stick inside our skull, sometimes for decades? Why do some people have to work extra hard to ward off depression? The answer is, for the same reason political smear ...

Researchers evaluated the association between military mild traumatic brain injury and negative metacognitive bias among post-9/11 veterans.

Your brain’s job is to keep you alive in an uncertain world filled with saber-toothed tigers, woolly mammoths, and snakes. It does its best to scan the immediate future for these potential traps and ...

It is a scientific fact that we have more vivid memories of negative or painful experiences than positive ones, making it more likely that those experiences will shape our future decision making. That ...

PHILADELPHIA--People with attractive faces are often seen as more trustworthy, socially competent, better adjusted, and more capable in school and work. The correlation of attractiveness and positive ...

Do you often replay the bad yet always forget the good? Here’s the science behind negative thought spirals and how to find balance and resilience. Do you know why our brains can replay our most ...

One of the characteristics of depression is a tendency to perceive sensory stimuli and everyday situations in an excessively negative way. But the mechanisms underpinning this "negativity bias," which ...

In the space of a few months generative AI models, such as ChatGPT, Google's Bard and Midjourney, have been adopted by more and more people in a variety of professional and personal ways. But growing ...