A new study suggests active participation by the father in child-raising activities improves academic performance and behavior in the kids. Concordia University researchers have studied how fathers can positively influence ...

Not all college students are extroverted, and not all college students need to party to be happy. Researchers in a new study compared strategies used by extroverted ...

The damage from partner abuse extends beyond physical bruises and lacerations as victims often suffer high rates of mental health distress. A new policy brief from the ...

A new study looks at children who are socially withdrawn -- kids who want to interact with their peers but are afraid to do so -- and ...

We all know that we need to exercise to improve our physical fitness, yet rarely do we think of the need to perform fitness training for ...

Emerging research provides a different opinion on how video games may lead to aggression. In the study, researchers determined that competitiveness, rather than violence, ...

Emerging research from the University of Montreal suggests that inattention, rather than hyperactivity, is the critical indicator for high school success and graduation. "Children with attention problems ...

In the aging process, memory loss often limits the ability to live independently or to perform tasks with limited supervision. A new study from Iowa ...

A new study suggests that while you may not know it, your unconscious feelings about objects in the environment inspire your long-term goals. Alberta School of Business researcher Sarah Moore, Ph.D., and colleagues studied how the unconscious mind responds to objects in relation ...

Laughter really is good medicine, according to a new study of the physiological effects of positive emotions. Researchers discovered watching a movie that produces laughter improves vascular function, the opposite of that observed after watching a movie that causes mental stress. "The idea to ...