There are people unable to live without sunbathing or UVA rays. They are the tanorexics, whose need to maintain a perfect tan endangers their physical and mental health.
If you had an imaginary friend as a child, you're in luck. As a new scientific study reveals, these fictional companions promote communication and make us more sociable and creative as we reach adulthood.
If you needed a heart transplant, would you agree to receive an organ donated by a criminal? Most British people would reject it, according to a study conducted at the University of Bristol.
The Dutch sociologist Gerald Mollehorst has studied how the context in which we meet other people conditions the composition of our social network. And he has come to the conclusion that we lose half of our closest friends every 7 years.
Despite all the calamities, including the economic crisis, wars or the threat of a flu pandemic, humans remain optimistic by nature, according to a new map by the University of Kansas.
Have you ever felt sick after bingeing on pizza or hated a song after listening to it over and over again? If this is your case, you have suffered amnesia of variety, according to Joseph Redden in the Journal of Consumer Research.
In times of war or crisis, we tend to choose leaders with "tough" masculine features on their faces, while in times of peace or negotiation we look for faces with feminine features, regardless of gender.
Danni Büchner is invited to Sam Dylan's Halloween party. But the "Goodbye Germany" emigrant has no desire for many other party guests. And find clear words.
