At its core, conservation is about behavior change. Yet few organizations have put in place the structure, standards, and ...

A new study posits that same-sex sexual behavior developed to help primates in complex social groups ease tension, reduce ...

Stress, the body's natural response to different types of challenges and daily problems, is an inherently harmless state ...

Biologists tend to look at the animal kingdom and try to categorize things in an organized fashion. But nature has a way of ...

From work meetings to first dates, it's essential to adjust our behavior for success. In certain situations, it can even be a matter of life or death. So how do we switch our behavior when situations ...

A collaborative study tested 17 strategies in an 'intervention tournament.' Interventions targeting future thinking, such as writing a letter for a child to read in the future, are the most effective ...

When it comes to R&D spending in the social and behavioral sciences, public universities dominate, according to the latest HERD Survey by the National Science Foundation.

A new Australian study tested different ways to cut back on alcohol and came up with a clear — and dead simple — winner. The holiday season is a time of fun, family, togetherness, and, for many of us, ...

Researchers found that excessively activated neurons over time, rather than decreased neuronal activity, cause aging-related decline in brain function in nematodes. A study of nematodes by researchers ...

Most people, after suffering consequences for a bad decision, will alter their future behavior to avoid a similar negative outcome. That’s just common sense. But many social circles have that one ...