Gender stereotypes may influence our views about depression.
Love & Relationships
Stand By Your Man: Physical Proximity May Help Oxytocin to Keep Men in Relationships Faithful
Is the love hormone the antidote to infidelity? Researchers are doing their best to find out.
Porn Industry Threatens to Sue Over L.A. County Law Requiring Condoms
Voters want actors in adult films to wear condoms, but the industry is threatening to sue and shift production elsewhere.
How Speed Dating Works—In the Brain
Dating is all about making snap judgments, and scientists have located where in the brain those decisions are made.
Why Fertile Women Are More Aloof
Women at their most fertile are less likely to find stable mates attractive
Study Supports Sex Addiction as a Diagnosis-Worthy Disorder
The latest brain research shows that the human brain is uniquely wired to become addicted — to behaviors and substances. But is sex one of them?
Five Smartphone Apps That Promote Smoking
Marketing cigarettes ain’t what it used to be. But Big Tobacco hasn’t given up on getting its message out.
In a Rush to Mature: Study Finds Boys Hitting Puberty Earlier than Ever
First girls, now boys. Puberty is Inching ever deeper into childhood
Back Off, Boss: Cute Kitten Videos May Improve Work Performance
The power of cuteness is deeper and more compelling than it seems
Teen Sexting Linked to Real-World Risky Sexual Behavior
Teens aren’t using digital sexual behavior as a safer alternative to real-world sex, a study finds
Got Cold Feet? It May Signal a Short Marriage
A bride’s pre-wedding jitters may be a sign of marital dissatisfaction and divorce down the road
Why Sex Doesn’t Gross You Out When You’re Aroused
Getting turned on overrides women’s natural disgust response, a study suggests, making them more willing to do things they otherwise wouldn’t
Get Out the Friend Vote: How Facebook Spurred 340,000 Extra Votes in 2010
A single message on Facebook can directly change users’ behavior — and more importantly, that of their friends and their friends of friends
