Category: People

Groups tracked moving rewards better than individuals, but only when they could see who was succeeding

An immersive 3D experiment with 621 adults found that groups tracked a moving resource better...

Genetic associations with social behaviour changed with age, context and who was reporting it

A genome-wide study using 491,246 repeated observations found that genetic associations with social behaviour changed...

Your brain may treat a complex melody and a complex shape as the same kind of thing

Across 11 experiments involving 1,500 people, researchers found that preferences and learned associations involving complexity...

People who chose not to know showed more inner conflict, their mouse movements revealed

A 2026 experiment with 210 participants found that people who chose not to see how...

More social media won’t make you happier, year-long study finds

A year-long study followed 1,966 adults and found little evidence that increases in social-media and...

Buy now, pay later and social media were linked to higher debt and financial stress

Buy Now, Pay Later becomes particularly interesting when it meets social-media shopping. A 2026 study...

The science of a “Karen”: Why some customers are almost impossible to satisfy

Some consumers continually raise their standards for what a perfect product should be, making them...

Friends May Matter More for Loneliness Than Children

Research across 25 countries found that childlessness was not associated with greater loneliness among adults...

Why Personal Space Is Not the Same for Everyone

A study of 1,048 adults in Cape Town found that people reporting greater childhood adversity...

Your Friends May Be More Cynical Than You Think

People tend to see their friends as less cynical than those friends see themselves. New...

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