Differences in how our brains respond when we’re anticipating a financial reward are due, in part, to genetic differences. More

Differences in how our brains respond when we’re anticipating a financial reward are due, in part, to genetic differences. More

Software that purportedly reads emotions in faces is being deployed or tested for surveillance, hiring, market research, and more. But a report in Psychological Science in the Public Interest finds that facial movements are an inexact gauge of a person’s feelings, behaviors or intentions. More

Software that purportedly reads emotions in faces is being deployed or tested for surveillance, hiring, market research, and more. But a report in Psychological Science in the Public Interest finds that facial movements are an inexact gauge of a person’s feelings, behaviors or intentions. More

Analyses of financial data from more than 2,000 people show that spending in certain categories signals personality traits. More

Analyses of financial data from more than 2,000 people show that spending in certain categories signals personality traits. More

We draw social inferences from not only facial features but from the position of the head itself, research shows. More

We draw social inferences from not only facial features but from the position of the head itself, research shows. More

As our memories fade, we rely on our current assessment of a person to remember how we felt about them in the past, and this extends to some of the most central figures in our lives: our parents. More

As our memories fade, we rely on our current assessment of a person to remember how we felt about them in the past, and this extends to some of the most central figures in our lives: our parents. More

We are more envious of someone else’s covetable experience before it happens than after it has passed, according to research published in Psychological Science, a journal of the Association for Psychological Science. “Enviable events lose some power over us once those events are in our past,” says psychological scientist Ed More

We are more envious of someone else’s covetable experience before it happens than after it has passed, according to research published in Psychological Science, a journal of the Association for Psychological Science. “Enviable events lose some power over us once those events are in our past,” says psychological scientist Ed More