A new study suggests that encountering reminders of romance can lead individuals to take greater risks. This influence ...

When users swipe through profiles on dating applications, their brains make split-second decisions based on limited visual information. A new study suggests that these rapid judgments rely on two ...

Four psychology professors will receive funds to support new projects in early 2026. Projects will connect students with ...

This Collection supports and amplifies research related to SDG 3 - Good Health & Wellbeing. Humans instinctively develop and organise knowledge, experience, memories, intentions, aspirations, life ...

Arousal—how alert or excited one feels—is a basic part of emotions, along with whether those emotions are positive or negative. Scientists still don't fully understand how the brain creates these ...

It was Hope College’s sterling reputation for providing students with high-quality opportunities to participate in faculty-mentored research that prompted psychology major Cassie Morse to transfer to ...

According to psychology, the most telling signs of genuine happiness often show up in small, everyday behaviors.

Researchers who study animals face a common problem. When working with one institution, the pool of study participants is limited. A small sample size can lead to less precise conclusions and presents ...

Imagine you’re training to be a chef. You learn cooking techniques and develop intuitions about flavor pairings, and, after a ...

This program was updated from an MA in General Psychology to an MS in Psychological Research in Fall 2024. Students in the Psychological Research program can create individual programs in conjunction ...

There has been recent discussion within evolutionary psychology circles about the misuse of evolutionary psychological research findings, prompted by a piece in the Boston Globe from leading ...