PLOS

Summary: New research reveals that dopamine is not directly responsible for the formation of placebo analgesia, contrary to previous beliefs. …

Summary: Personality traits like conscientiousness and extraversion are linked to higher self-control, while neuroticism can weaken this effect, especially in …

Summary: American adults typically have more friends than recent surveys suggest, with fewer reporting no friends at all. The survey …

Summary: The hypothalamus helps humans switch between survival behaviors like hunting and escaping. Researchers used AI-enhanced fMRI scans to analyze …

Summary: People can infer hidden social preferences by observing how quickly others make decisions. The study used the Dictator Game …

Summary: Lifetime LSD use is linked to higher severe psychological distress after job loss, a new study reveals. Analyzing data …

Summary: A study of 340,000 texts over 79 years found a shift from terms like “disease” and “disturbance” to “mental …

Summary: A new study reviewed neuroimaging research on internet addiction in adolescents, revealing disrupted brain signaling in critical neural networks. …

Summary: Researchers found that negating adjectives with “not” affects how our brains interpret their meaning, mitigating rather than inverting their …

Summary: Infants’ vocalizations, like squeals and growls, appear in significant clusters, suggesting active noisemaking play and sound practice. Researchers analyzed …