TL;DR: Among 112 older adults in Spain with mild cognitive impairment, those who reported more physical activity and felt more supported by family and friends scored better on several thinking tests. The study took one snapshot, so it cannot show that activity or support protects thinking. Key Findings 112 adults, average age 71: All had …
TL;DR: During Parkinson’s surgery, 19 people played a game where they accepted or rejected money splits. Dopamine-like neurons deep in their brains fired more when an offer beat what the person expected, and this signal was stronger when the offer seemed to come from a person rather than a computer. Key Findings Better or worse …
TL;DR: A 2026 mixed-methods study in Evolutionary Psychological Science found that 621 Greek-speaking adults rated emotional motives for lasting relationships—such as attraction, love, companionship, and support—much higher than instrumental motives such as money, social pressure, or revenge (3.30 vs 1.39 on a five-point scale). The convenience-sample survey describes stated motivations, not what causes relationships to …
TL;DR: A 2026 Danish register study in British Journal of Health Psychology found that higher divorce conflict was linked to more prescriptions, more primary care visits, and higher hospitalisation odds across the years around legal divorce. Key Findings 1,784 Danish divorcees: Researchers linked divorce-conflict survey data to national registers covering medicine prescriptions, primary care visits, …
TL;DR: A 2026 BJPsych Bulletin paper argues that person-first language in forensic mental health services may reduce stigma, social distance, and pessimism when it is used carefully rather than as a substitute for structural change. Key Findings Forensic mental health focus: The editorial examines labels used for people receiving care at the intersection of psychiatry …
TL;DR: A 2026 rat study in Brain Structure and Function found that ventral pallidum activity supports juvenile social play, while activating inhibitory nucleus accumbens inputs to the ventral pallidum reduced play behavior in both male and female rats. Key Findings Ventral pallidum inactivation: Bilateral muscimol microinfusion into the ventral pallidum reduced juvenile rat social play, …
TL;DR: A 2026 study in Political Psychology found that men ages 18 to 35 reported the highest levels of dominance-seeking moral grandstanding, a form of moral expression aimed at putting opponents down rather than only defending a belief. Key Findings Dominance-seeking moral grandstanding was highest among men ages 18 to 35. Four-country survey: 8,420 adults …
TL;DR: A 2026 study in European Journal of Social Psychology found that adding flattering Nazi-era propaganda images to atrocity photographs reduced several immediate negative emotions in German viewers across the combined evidence, even though the clearest guilt effect did not replicate in the online sample. Key Findings Mixed-image condition: Participants saw atrocity photographs alone or …
TL;DR: A 2024 study in Sociological Forum found that identity-politics measures statistically explained much of the link between progressive ideology and lower self-reported well-being in the 2021 Baylor Religion Survey. Key Findings Well-being gap: Progressive ideology was associated with more depression, more anxiety, and lower sense of control. Identity-politics measures: Racial-inequality protest willingness and support …
TL;DR: A 2025 study in Journal of Sex & Marital Therapy linked higher Dark Triad traits, a personality cluster covering psychopathy, narcissism, and Machiavellianism, with more aggressive relationship expectations and greater self-reported sexual coercion in a 624-person online survey. Key Findings The survey included 624 adults: participants completed personality, attachment, relationship-expectation, and sexual-aggression questionnaires. Dark …
