What shapes our self-esteem? Our self-views, or others' opinions? Brain scans show how low self-esteem is wired in the brain.

Scientists are piecing together the brain processes that underlie the wide-eyed wanting-to-know we generally think of as being curious. They are identifying how the brain homes in on novelty, copes ...

Welcome to Psychology at CMU. With nearly 30 award-winning faculty and almost 150 people in total, we are a vibrant community whose research continues our department’s 100-year tradition of studying ...

Attachment styles—secure, avoidant, ambivalent, and disorganized—impact relationship dynamics. Attachment theory informs therapy, parenting, and education but faces cultural and stability-related ...

Albert Einstein’s theory of general relativity has been proven right on the largest scale yet. An analysis of millions of galaxies shows that the way they have evolved and clustered over ...

Mr. Kennedy, the proposed nominee for health secretary, has for decades promoted baseless conspiracy theories. By Anjali Huynh and Teddy Rosenbluth He has promoted a conspiracy theory that ...

But none have been as popular as modern portfolio theory (MPT). Here, we look at the basic ideas behind MPT, its pros and cons, and how it should factor into your portfolio management. Modern ...

A new theory, that explains how light and matter interact at the quantum level has enabled researchers to define for the first time the precise shape of a single photon. A new theory, that ...

A study published in PLOS Global Public Health shows that people who are highly trusting -- credulous -- or overly mistrustful are more likely to believe fake news, fall for conspiracy theories ...

However, social media users have been peddling these alternative theories to explain how a year’s worth of rain fell in one day in some areas in the region of Valencia. Among the most ...