Psychology

Is your inner child sabotaging your relationships? Experts reveal three key signs—and how to heal for healthier connections.

Just about everyone has a rooting interest ahead of the Super Bowl. But have you ever wondered why people love an underdog?

America's youth are not focused on fame and fortune, as stereotyped, but on personal safety and kindness, a study revealed.

An analysis of studies on parental favoritism has found that parents tend to favor children with certain personality traits.

The holistic healer sparked a viral conversation on adult anxiety, trauma, and breaking free from the fear of mistakes.

Surviving a plane crash can result in symptoms of post-traumatic stress, and everybody experiences these symptoms differently.

The psychologist discussed the move during an appearance on his daughter's podcast, saying Canada was at risk of becoming "a totalitarian hellhole."

American college students struggle to fall asleep because they feel lonely, according to psychologists, rather than due to screen time.

Researchers also found that how much people use emoji is associated with the kinds of relationships we form.

Is Thanksgiving a time to set aside our differences? Or should we use it disagree agreeably?

"Frequent snoring was associated with greater problem behaviors but not with lower cognition," the researchers wrote in the paper.

There have been a thousand warnings about former President Donald Trump. If polls are to be believed these warnings have fallen on deaf ears.

Forty-five percent of Alzheimer's cases could be delayed or prevented through changes in lifestyle.

Psychoanalysts told Newsweek why Trump and Harris avoid admitting their mistakes, and whether voters would embrace a candidate who did.

U.S. adults are suffering from eco-anxiety. The upside? It makes them more likely to help try and fix the problem with others.

Male participants scored higher on all "dark" personality traits, the researchers said.

Chartered Psychologist Kimberley Wilson shares her four daily habits for promoting brain health.

"They aren't matching the investment in their partnerships and parenting skills the way that women are," Erin Spahr told Newsweek.

We make hundreds of food decisions a day, and psychologists have found these can be influenced by foods we've just seen.

Rodents given the drug DOI were seen to be less anxious, due to changes in nerve cells in the brain.

Thanks to her multiple marriages and engagements, some people have accused J-Lo of being a love addict, but what does that mean?

"Unlike a habit that you acquired in the last couple of years, changing a nutritional habit can be much more of a challenge," Kimberley Wilson told Newsweek.

"What did it mean for our teens to be at home rather than in their social groups?" the researchers asked.

"In parental love, there was activation deep in the brain's reward system in the striatum area while imagining love."

From the fear of being disliked to being second best, these are life's "difficult truths" according to Reddit users.

Newsweek asked clinical psychologist Patty Johnson if there is any merit in the theory—and why the topic of eldest daughters is so abuzz.

Newsweek spoke with Erika Bent, a licensed marriage and family therapist, about "pretty privilege" and the conversation around it.

The findings may help in the development of effective interventions to help slow, or even stop, cognitive decline.

"This has significant clinical implications because it suggests that psilocybin could make the brain more malleable," psychedelics expert Petros Petridis said.

This nonsurgical procedure brings improvements to concentration and relaxation in as little as five minutes.