Because you don't want to get in the way of gains.

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Autistic and narcissistic individuals can face social challenges in responding to others' emotions but the mechanisms that underlie their social experiences are fundamentally different.

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That quick glance at your phone to dodge small talk isn't social awkwardness—it's your highly observant brain protecting itself from the exhausting task of processing every micro-expression, body ...

A new study published in Adaptive Human Behavior and Physiology suggests that a woman’s age and reproductive status may ...

For this author and his husband, a trip to Costco is the ultimate aphrodisiac.

Your brain might be wired differently than you think—and those everyday sounds that drive you up the wall are just the tip of ...

Constant notifications and screen time are rewiring your brain. Experts explain how always-on digital habits trigger mental fatigue, poor sleep, and what a digital detox can do.

Psychophysics is a field of methodology within psychology concerned with studying the sensation of stimuli. Psychophysics methods typically record the effect of systematic modulation of stimuli on a ...